• BrainInABox@lemmy.ml
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    8 months ago

    “If Russia says Nazis are bad, than Nazis must be good!”

    Liberal politics is just reaction.

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      8 months ago

      It is funny because tankie thought is literal positive reaction to anything Russia and China does. Your comment shows it is also pure projection.

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        8 months ago

        Not at all, Marxists are quite critical of Russia, for example, for being deeply socially reactionary, or China for engaging with trade with Israel, rather than sanctioning it. Marxists don’t accept prevailing western narratives surrounding enemies of the US Empire, which anti-Marxists try to simplify into simple reaction against the US Empire, rather than actually engage with the reasoning for supporting, say, China overall fronted by Marxists.

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          8 months ago

          Not at all, Marxists are quite critical of Russia

          That remains to be seen. Hasn’t happened yet. But perhaps some day?

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            8 months ago

            This is deliberate ignorance. Marxists see the modern Russian Federation as a right-wing, Nationalist Capitalist country that is socially reactionary. Marxists tend to support Russia’s movements against the US Empire, which is seen as a much greater evil, and appreciate ties to countries like China that may have a positive influence on Russia reverting to Socialism, but there is much to be critical of in Russia. When you have to make up your opponent’s position, you’re deliberately lying to others, and frequently yourself as well.