https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/comment/2135509

this is practically a child’s view of the world. good guy vs bad guy. Russia = bad, NATO = good. plus, someone should tell her she has it completely backwards: ending russia is kinda natos entire thing

  • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    How can anyone be pro NATO? It’s part of the imperial core/triad’s powers monopoly on military force and intervention, that oppresses left wing or even general anti colonial movements globally, including within their own countries. There are plenty of people in the global south that are anti NATO and not even left wing! Imagine being to the right of Imran Khan on the issue of NATO and global monopolies of power!

    If you are not against the imperial core/triad practicing a form of collective imperialism and neocolonialism by the use of organisations like NATO, the World Bank, IMF and the WTO, how can you even be on the left? Is the left not internationalist?

    If you do not oppose the “monopoly of five advantages” the imperial core/the west aims to have in weapons of mass destruction, mass communication systems, financial and banking services, technology and access to natural resources through imperial rents, how can you even have hope for a better world?

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        Being from the “backyard” of the USA, I can say that many many people back home are much more aware of the Empire’s doings in general.

        That doesn’t mean that it made all of them leftists. There are a lot of liberals and fascists as well. But they kinda openly accept and praise the Empire.

        People in the core live in this weird fantasy land where reality is entirely fabricated by myths forged by propaganda.

        To the point where a major “experience” many more political people have is “waking up to the truth”.

        Learning shit we used to learn in school for the first time in their lives lmao

        Then either becoming communists or nazis.