Post by @Cowbee@lemmy.ml

2026-09-15 12:11 UTC

Russia doesn’t have the finance capital required to be imperialist, and as such in a conflict between the clear imperialist hegemony and a reactionary nationalist state like Russia, Russia plays a progressive role. Churchill was a monstrous imperialist that committed genocide in India, but the Soviet Union was correct in identifying the UK as an ally against Nazi Germany, the larger threat at the time. Russia isn’t even an actual imperialist, and therefore its sovereignty should be respected, rather than continuously encircled with missiles pointing directly at Moscow.

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@robear@lemmy.zip 2026-09-15 12:49

I think this is really just a semantic argument because you seem to be writing specifically with Lenin’s rather narrow definition of imperialism in mind. If we go by the common understanding of imperialism which has been in use for at least a century before Lenin even picked up a pen: The extension of a nation’s authority by territorial acquisition or by the establishment of economic and political dominance over other nations. You can absolutely classify the aggression the Russian Federation inflicts on former Soviet states as imperialism. rather than continuously encircled with missiles pointing directly at Moscow Would Finland have joined NATO if Russia didn’t invade Ukraine? Does their voluntary entry into a defensive alliance constitute an “encirclement”? Do they not have a right to conduct their own diplomacy as they see fit? Furthermore, when both Russia and NATO agree that MAD is a legitimate defensive measure, can either argue in good faith that “stationing” missiles is aggression? Russia points missiles at NATO nations, NATO points them back, this is what has prevented nuclear war from breaking out (so far). Finally, while I don’t completely agree with the conflation of the US and NATO, I think we can agree that the US as an imperialist power has absolutely taken every measure it can to sabotage communist states. However should Russia not respect the sovereignty of smaller nations surrounding it? Based on the actions of Russia towards former Soviet states who remained “neutral”, joining NATO seems to be the only way for them to prevent a Russian invasion.

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@sharps89@lemmy.zip 2026-09-15 17:29

What a horseshit reply completely unsupported by verifiable reality. Russia is progressive by kidnapping Ukrainian kids? By bombing cancer hospitals? BY FUNDING DON TRUMP Jr’s WEDDING?

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