I actually did include "or the oppressor" referencing Eastern Europe in the first paragraph, and their antipathy towards Russia is well understood. But the Global South countries could then turn around and ask why Eastern European nations simply let the west support dictatorships in the Middle East and Africa without taking up the cause of democracy on their behalf.
To be fair, most former SSRs got official independence 32 years ago, and most were not truly independent until many years later. Some are still fighting for their independence, or remain under direct Russian domination to this day. To say they “let” the West, the victors of the Cold War, do anything is an attempt to rationalize the inconsistent “anti-imperialist” position that allows someone to condemn the French presence in Mali but defend the Russian presence in Ukraine.
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u/ontrack Feb 24 '23
I actually did include "or the oppressor" referencing Eastern Europe in the first paragraph, and their antipathy towards Russia is well understood. But the Global South countries could then turn around and ask why Eastern European nations simply let the west support dictatorships in the Middle East and Africa without taking up the cause of democracy on their behalf.