A shortage of infantry troops and supply routes under Russian drone attacks have dealt a blow to Ukrainian forces around the strategic eastern city of Pokrovsk.
Ukraine is directly supporting the white supremacists capitalist world order while russia is directly confronting it. Russia under Putin is doing more to make the future safe for socialist than almost anyone. Certainly more than dem-sucs like lula are.
Russia may have issues with private property protections and their central bank being privately owned but the longer they are in direct conflict with global capitalism the more they are pushed towards socialism. Russians have an increasingly nostalgic view of the USSR and the government has raised minimum wages and increased social programs since the war began. They do have reactionary lgbtq policies but really they aren’t much worse than the west and they are certainly less racist. I’d pick a anti-racist homophobe over a racist lgbtq ally any day.
Honestly I’d say that Russia is one of the least sucky nations that isn’t explicitly socialist. Sure China is less sucky but really after China there is nobody even close to Russia in it’s capability and willingness to confront white supremacists capitalist imperialism. Also I feel like as China’s tactic of economic anti-imperialism is nearing its point of diminishing returns Russia’s current situation ensures China will be able to change gears when it becomes nessciary and know which gear to change into.
Ukraine is directly supporting the white supremacists capitalist world order while russia is directly confronting it. Russia under Putin is doing more to make the future safe for socialist than almost anyone. Certainly more than dem-sucs like lula are.
Russia may have issues with private property protections and their central bank being privately owned but the longer they are in direct conflict with global capitalism the more they are pushed towards socialism. Russians have an increasingly nostalgic view of the USSR and the government has raised minimum wages and increased social programs since the war began. They do have reactionary lgbtq policies but really they aren’t much worse than the west and they are certainly less racist. I’d pick a anti-racist homophobe over a racist lgbtq ally any day.
Honestly I’d say that Russia is one of the least sucky nations that isn’t explicitly socialist. Sure China is less sucky but really after China there is nobody even close to Russia in it’s capability and willingness to confront white supremacists capitalist imperialism. Also I feel like as China’s tactic of economic anti-imperialism is nearing its point of diminishing returns Russia’s current situation ensures China will be able to change gears when it becomes nessciary and know which gear to change into.