• RiverRock@lemmy.ml
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    17 hours ago

    Good guys and bad guys don’t exist in real life though, because real life has no screenwriter. Better to learn the perspective of all parties and cross-reference them like an investigator

    Whoops lol just noticed your quotation marks, seems like you probably roughly agree

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      Indeed, I mean “good guys” and “bad guys” in the usual narrative !

      This kinda post is also stuck in a sort of a false dichotomy where you have to choose between the US or Russia. Why ?

      I’ll stick to Europe, personally, although I’m aware there’s lots of sucky stuff here as well.

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        Europe is essentially the vassals of the US Empire, so any pro-European stance is almost always in the context of perpetuating imperialism or trying to gain more leverage to no longer be vassals of empire. It’s impirtant to recognize that, in a conflict between Russia and the US Empire, the US Empire winning continues to fuel imperialism, while Russia winning results in a dramatically changed geopolitical field. In the context of bringing about socialism globally, the US Empire is by far the largest obstacle.

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          Don’t get me wrong, I’m not “pro-Europe” by any means. But I live here, and it’s generally quite nice for me.

          I don’t feel obligated to pick sides in this conflict, I have no delusions of having any influence on it. Whomever wins, wins, and we’ll deal with that if and when it happens.

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            That’s more a stance of intentional blindness, though, which as a strategy means you’ll never advance meaningful positive change. And Europe is fairly nice to live in for many people, precisely because Europe benefits from imperialism.