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Look, NATO is bad, that's why it's absolutely necessary for anti-imperialism purposes that Russia invades its neighbors before they can get into NATO!
this post was submitted on 05 Sep 2024
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Which works about as good as rhe war on terror
"Bro just one more invasion bro I swear this time it'll really solve ~~terrorism~~ Western Imperialism(tm) for good!"
Problem is, Russia is technically in the west.
Something something, Eurasian realignment BRICS Imperial Core Global South Anti-Colonial Axis of Resistance.
I think I'm ready to start my career as a professional tankie!
I'd be glad if NATO didn't exist.
It would mean countries wouldn't feel threatened by their neighbors, and no invasions would happen.
But until that is the case, NATO is necessary.
I would much prefer every country in the planet being in NATO.
Any country attacks any other country? Literally the whole world goes to defend it. So no invasions are possible.
It wouldn't work though. Wouldn't take much time for alliances to form that agree to not follow NATO'S rules.
Nah, I want war. I want the rest of the world to go to war with the US. They've got a Nazi problem. We beat the Nazis in 1945 and we might need to beat them again in 2045.
My brother in freedom, we first need to make sure the US and all of our big shiny weapons are on the side against the Nazis. I think we have a good shot at it, but it’s not a guarantee.
Nato already does not enforce their mission against the US and US backed vassel states
Sure I'm a NATO apologist: I'm sorry NATO is necessary because Russia is such an antagonistic fuckwad.
Russia had a choice: play by the west's rules, or play second fiddle to China. They chose the latter unfortunately for them and for us.
That's just what happens when you go from tsarist serfdom state to a communist peasant regime to a "democractic" dictatorship while constantly greasing the gears with vodka and corruption.
Hey at least the alcoholism has gotten a little bit better, right?
Hey, you'd think so, right?
I mean, even if we trust the numbers coming out of a propaganda-riddled shithole whose only saving grace at this point would be a couple hundred strategically placed nukes (which - to be clear - I don't. Their entire government+military is probably downing shots just to get through morning briefings). Even trusting their sources, they're still back on the potato wild ride again. At this point I can only commend the nation for slowly killing itself, and blame them for not choosing a speedier route.
Gentle reminder that blocking the entire Lemmy.ml instance has made this place a lot less … tankie
Ah yes, that paragon of leftist virtue...
...checks notes...
Muammar Gaddafi?
And they wonder why they don't get taken seriously.
Everyone's just throwing away their masks left and right. Left is becoming full-blown marxist/leninist, right is becoming actual nazis.
Anarchists: Are we a joke to you? Yes? Fair enough. We'll be over listening to folk punk and reminiscing about Dr. King being right in his Letter from Birmingham Jail.
The extremists in the anarchist movement are the ones who pretend everyone would just work together fine and self-organize if there was no government at all, aren't they? Or am I thinking of a different group.
Hey, as a non-authoritarian leftist, I can assure that MLs are just a subset that really wants to pretend they're spearheading the Left to fulfill their bloodbath fantasies. There's lots of us that don't like them and aren't like them at all.