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I'll never understand why it's so hard for some people to understand that the US is literally an evil empire that exploits, oppresses, and murders people all over the world. Of course all rightwing governments suck, but it's easy to see that the US is the primary enemy of leftist movements across the planet. If we want communism, we need the US to collapse and movements all over the place preventing the vacuum from being filled by something worse.
Idk seems like anyone left of liberals would understand this.
Plus, even if Russia wasn't much weaker than the US, I still can't do anything to affect them except support the Military Industrial Complex or their candidates. I'm not gonna do that anyway. So what does it matter if, emotionally, I like Russia? It's not like my "support" for them means anything.
Right.
Any correct thinking leftist in the west would obviously be against their own government's imperialist actions. They should all support limiting military spending, aiding arms embargoes, withdrawing our forces, pushing for peace/ceasefires in all of our active conflicts, etc. Any anti-war hippie knows this, even the lib ones going totally on vibes.
So as long as you do that part, actually opposing your own empire in material ways as directly as you can, what does it matter your opinion on the russian or iranian states are? We aren't russian or iranian, we can't do anything to change their policies from without - all we can do is beat the drums of war of our own empire to do it on our behalf, which directly contradicts the goals above. What's the point in even bringing up how evil Russia or Iran are as a westerner? Whether they are pure saints or demons incarnate it doesn't change what your short-term tangible goals are, so why are you wasting time squabbling over it instead of getting to work?
There's a chinese saying... something like 'an egg cracked from within brings new life. an egg cracked from without is someone's meal'. This is how social progress must work, it must arise organically from within following the natural development of that society advancing. It cannot be imposed from without via violent force, and those who claim to do so are looking for a meal.
obligatory Masses, Elites, and Rebels: The Theory of “Brainwashing" mention: