In response to another racist trying to dismiss Putin’s pointing out how the West is sympathetic to Nazis as “boomer nonsense”

  • Tovarish Tomato
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    5 months ago

    I mean their analysis is at least a bit better than that of radlibs, although that is an extremely low bar lol.

    • cfgaussianOP
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      5 months ago

      Fascists often have more accurate analysis than liberals, it’s just that their goals are diametrically opposed to ours. Where the liberal says “there is no inequality and oppression inherent in the system” the fascist says “yes there is and that’s good, we should have more of that” (as long as it’s directed against the ever expanding out-group).

      That being said, their analysis here is still pretty poor. They say that Putin should embrace white identitarianism and ethno-nationalism while in the same post acknowledging that Russia is a diverse multi-ethnic country. Well what happens to that kind of country if suddenly the government starts to push some ethno-supremacist shit? It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that’s a recipe for social conflict, separatism, unrest, and eventually civil conflict and almost certain breakaway of ethnic minority regions.

      This isn’t so much an ideological question for Putin and Russia, it’s a pragmatic one. If you want to keep your country together you won’t tolerate racism at the government level. Same goes for foreign policy, if you want to align yourself with the global south, which Russia must necessarily do, you’d better not alienate them by talking like “Jungle Josep” Borrel.