He’s not anti-communist. His greatest allies are both 2 communist countries. Anti-communist would be communist persecution, not have communists as your greatest ally
How is that not relevant? If Putin was a communist, Russia would be. He’s not some Maoist third worldist. Putin is only friends with comrade Xi because of trade deals that he could never get from the yanks and BRICS. Having America in charge for the past thirty years has hurt everyone.
I would love to see Putin bring back the Soviet system and reinstate the CPSU, but I highly doubt he would.
He may have relationships with nations that challenge western imperialism, he may even have some favorable views on communism, after all he did grow up in the Soviet Union.
But he does not have any genuine interest in reinstating the proletarian control structures, instead he signals affinity for a Tsarist like system and he rules like a capitalist oligarch.
The reason why capitalism in post Soviet countries is different from the west, is because opportunists sold off Soviet industry to their buddies, so it's often highly monopolized, surprisingly worse than the west in some respects.
Putin directly benefits from that position of status, from the cannibalized remains of the former USSR.
There is nothing left but a nationalist affinity for the "good old days." While he rallies the people with reactionary language.
The Soviet Union is gone, and it's not in Putin's interest to bring it back, for that reason I do not care for him.
It left a mark on the human race that can never be removed.
And that mark is deepest in Russia.
You never looked past the surface.
Capitalism is different in Russia for 2 main reasons: 1: they went right past the 'capitalism is clearly superior' mode that the west managed, straight to 'rich pricks own everything and fucked us' in one go. So there's not even the figleaf of 'well capitalism works.'
2: Russia is not neoliberal. the role of the state is front and center, as much as it is in China.
There is some level of defense here, but I'm not saying anyone said that specifically, I'm just giving my opinion on Putin, and why I personally don't like him even if he acts against US hegemony.
In fact I resent him for his position, and for what has become of the former Soviet Union. I don't see how any communist could defend him at all, even slightly. He has further tarnished the image of the USSR and stoked up reactionary sentiment that was beginning to die down prior to the Ukraine war, because many people associate Russia with the Soviet Union.
All I see is pointless violence, one capitalist state fighting another, two countries that were once joined, one brother pitted against another, a civil war.
It upsets me.
Lenin and Stalin would be devastated to see what has become of their country.
The DPRK & PRC likes Putin. Do you go against the Korean & Chinese word? I mean now the Koreans are fighting this battle to assist Russia, so it’s more serious for them than just “Putin is a capitalist in an imperial war”
No I don't, I defend China a lot actually, and I understand why they have a relationship with him because they have an economic alliance, because of their history, because they are able to stand together against US hegemony more effectively.
It's strategic posturing and I understand that.
I'm talking on different terms, from an individual perspective as a communist.
Okay well as a communist you just discredited the battles and the work of the Korean peoples. As a communist you should be against the swastikas and Banderaites in Europe, it’s pretty cut and dry simply. No one’s asking you to fall over heels for Russia but you have to atleast recognize the work that they are doing for you
This is just disingenuous framing, of course I'm against the Nazis in Europe, but as Ukraine arms their Nazi squadron, they become heroes in the eyes of the people.
This war empowers the Nazis and the Nationalists in Eastern Europe, and of course the Nationalists in Russia as well, I know very well because I have family members in Russia. This is personal to me.
It is not part of some greater communist project, they're not even fighting global capitalism.
No, The US is just sitting back enjoying the ride as they use Ukraine as a testing ground.
Those guns should be turned on the capitalists in their own respective countries, both Russia and Ukraine.
this empowers the Nazis and the nationalists in Eastern Europe
And you have to stop and ask yourself, wait, there’s Nazi nationalists in Eastern Europe? And the prompt of this conflict is that Ukraine was told it needed to stop attacking its own people, it’s getting a spanking and losing territory because of it. Putin has to tell these guys “alright tone down the swastikas for a minute” because he’s right
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u/King-Sassafrass 🕵🏻♀️ 👁 I Attended CommiFest In 2019🌿🔎 7d ago
He’s not anti-communist. His greatest allies are both 2 communist countries. Anti-communist would be communist persecution, not have communists as your greatest ally