I don't know if any of you remember this, but about a month ago I made a post that basically said: Russia is capitalist so we shouldn't support it. I also made a couple other claims that were not entirely fact nor theory supported, nor did I even necessarily believe them. Anyway, I just wanted to state that I have developed a more nuanced view thanks to lemmygrad, and I wanted to say thanks to this community in particular for opening my eyes.

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    I feel as if I'm being slightly misinterpreted here. When I say a capitalist state should cease to exist I do not mean it should be bombed into oblivion by other capitalist states. I mean they should be overthrown. Obviously I don't think the west was justified in what it did to Iraq, but supporting the capitalist government of Iraq to undermine the west, rather than the people of Iraq is not the correct response. And yes, capitalism is bad, therefore the capitalist governments should be dissolved, but that is not to say the nations themselves should be bombed.

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    I agree with you, and I do think the invasion is a net positive, I just think we should be cautious about placing any trust in these countries and about their intentions

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    As a matter of fact, I would say that a state being capitalist is enough to say it shouldn't survive. Of course the answer to this is not said country being replaced with another capitalist state, which is why I said I belive they are justified in defending themselves from NATO. I simply urge caution against getting used to placing your trust in capitalist states. Russia is NOT our end all be all, and the government probably doesn't really care that much about denazification. They are simply looking out for their own interests. As a conclusion and clarification, I think the invasion is a net positive, but we should be cautious about Russia and its intentions and interests.

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    While I agree that Russia is justified in defending itself from NATO, I've seen far too many MLs praising the state of Russia. Additionally I don't think any ML should really be that concerned about whether Russia as a State survives or not

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  • I think it's important to understand that Marxist-Leninists should be supporting the people of both countries, rather than picking one of two capitalist states to back. I understand that Russia has its excuses for doing this, and the Ukraine government has its excuses for what it has done, but it's important to remember that they are both capitalist countries in the age of imperialism; what they are really after is power. Please feel free to correct me if you believe I got anything wrong.

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    I mean yeah? Definitely not a leftist lol

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