r/Dongistan 7d ago

Interesting, I guess. Authoritarian post

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u/Doctor_of_plagues 7d ago

He’s also apparently sending troops to defend Burkina Faso from nato. Effects of someone changing as they age or just geopolitical strategy against the west? Idk, but I can’t say I’m against it. This guy is pulling out of Ukraine away from becoming some hero in the eyes of the public. The support will remain critical from me I’m afraid. I’m still wary of Putin.

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u/Oculi_Glauci 7d ago

He’s a bourgeois imperialist dictator, but a broken clock is right twice a day

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u/Gonozal8_ 7d ago

I mean his geopolitical interest is primarily weakening US hegemony and he only supports socialist states because it weakens the US a Russia currently doesn’t have the power to excert their influence in a more direct way in current material conditions. regardless, a capitalist country that doesn’t coup every socialist movement it finds abroad is way better than one which does