It’s really quite sad. It didn’t take much reading for me to realize how much I had been lied to about Leftist ideology. It really just takes an open mind and a little bit of curiosity to set you on the path of realization.
One day I had had enough on being confused about what socialism actually was, as the term kept being thrown around during and after Bernie’s first run for presidency. Just a few hours of introductory reading on Wikipedia and I was sent down a rabbit hole of realizing I had been lied to about so much.
Why would leftists support either side in this war? It’s essentially a proxy war between Russia and the US, and both countries are ruled by capitalist oligarchs.