Yep. I was definitely ignorant. I thank you and everyone else who responded to me.

Yeah, let's get rid of the jobs of creatives/people who work for themselves and get an even larger pool of laborers for our corporations... insidious

holy shit, fantastic response. I wrote mine before I saw this, but I think you delivered your point beautifully. Man, i'm new to this instance, but you guys are all pretty eloquent around here.

This was a pretty fantastic write-up, and I agree with it for the most part upon initial reading. I'm happy I found this because I was wondering why many here support Russia in this conflict.

That being said, I understand that Russia feels it was forced to be in this position, and I definitely realize the increasingly aggressive moves that NATO has been making over the decades, but at the end of the day Russia is the aggressor against Ukraine, isn't it? Like I don't want to see Ukranian and Russian citizens to go through the destruction and devastation that war brings. You feel me?

Is there a particular reason why many of y'all here seem to support Russia in this conflict? It seems to me that Russia are the aggressors, and I kind of understand why Russia invaded Ukraine (strategic location and reduce their border with NATO), but isn't it still the case that Ukrainian and Russian citizens shouldn't have to suffer and be annexed to Russia? I'm asking this question in good faith, I'm still a baby socialist.

I deffo see how it could be more valuable, especially when trying to explain certain concepts to others. I'm not totally deprived of theory. I've started listening to The Deprogram and have watched a couple of Hakim's videos (I'll slowly go through all of them). My main intro to socialism/communism was HasanAbi on Twitch and Bernie Sanders.

yeah, I used to find it weird how socialists would always blame capitalism for issues in society (crime, healthcare, mental issues, prisons, etc), but as I learned more about socialism, I realized that capitalism is unironically the cause of all that shit. I'm still learning more about socialism. I've never read theory like a nerd :)