107
submitted 1 week ago by SalaciousBCrumb@lemy.lol to c/world@quokk.au
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 week ago

They're fighting against imperialism... By doing imperialism?

Babe you can redefine the words but that doesn't change the morality of what's going on here. This is a blatantly unprovoked territorial land grab with explicitly genocidal war aims that none of the Russian people asked for because the king said so. Old world empire shit. Which is bad.

Call me an anarchist, but I think kings should be dragged down into coal mines with their families and shot until you run out of bullets. Not worshipped.

[-] FreudianCafe@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

Your understanding of imperialism is different from mine. If you want to learn about it i suggest Lenin's book "Imperialism"

[-] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I don't really care about how you define the word. The thing happening is bad and the people doing it are bad. Use another word for it if you like; it's bad. I call it imperialism, but the name doesn't really matter here. 'Read theory' does not make unprovoked genocide acceptable, and if you think you do, you're a reactionary idealist who can't think for yourself.

this post was submitted on 27 Nov 2025
107 points (100.0% liked)

World News

980 readers
385 users here now

Rules:
Be a decent person, don't post hate.

Other Great Communities:

Rules

Be excellent to each other

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS