The war in Ukraine has caused a split recently among leftists and this video discusses the history of similar splits. It’s very long, but the first 20 minutes are particularly relevant so I recommend watching through at least that much on 2x speed.

  • Water Bowl SlimeOP
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    72 years ago

    "… We see the same split in very similar ways where you see some elements on the left in the US and Europe and Canada basically defending NATO. And these tend to be the softer kind of social democratic movements who basically say that NATO is a defensive alliance which ignores the entire history of NATO … So there’s those factions of the left then there’s also a faction basically saying that this is an inter-imperialist rivalry. That Russia is supposedly an imperialist power and that the US is an imperialist power and we should say, you know, ‘Pox on both their houses! We’re against both! Neither Washington nor Moscow!’ "

    This is such a call out that it could be applied to all of western social media for the past month haha. The quote starts at 6:46 btw.