why would a leftist who hates fascism go join the Russian army?
Reminder that you are in a bubble. Do not shape your perception of reality based on what you see on this website. It is populated by posts from a relatively small amount of people who lean in the same political direction on many issues.
Russia has been calling the Ukrainians Nazis for years. Putin pointed at AZOV and painted all of the nation in the same broad brush. De-nazification is how Putin labeled his actions. Fascism and Nazism are words that have lost all meaning at this point. The muddling and devaluation of those words is leading our world on a path to authoritarianism.
When you view the matter from the lens adulterated by different propaganda the answer becomes obvious. To him the question was probably “How could a leftist not flee his capitalist homeland and father who is complicit to the oppression of the people’s cause to join the successor of the USSR in their fight to restore the former Union’s territory and drive the ‘nazis’ out of it.”
I literally said this dude was not bright, and probably suffering from mental health issues.
That doesn’t exclude the possibility the Russian army targeted him for recruitment because they knew who he was.
I don’t think the words have lost all meaning. We have just gotten so used to hearing them used in bad faith arguments while also having smaller acts of fascism embraced as normal.
It’s like the argument that calling people Nazis left them no choice but to become literal Nazis. You always have a choice.
I am glad to have this discussion though because if we can’t openly discuss these things then we increase the chance that the narrative will be hijacked to fit an agenda.
Reminder that you are in a bubble. Do not shape your perception of reality based on what you see on this website. It is populated by posts from a relatively small amount of people who lean in the same political direction on many issues.
Russia has been calling the Ukrainians Nazis for years. Putin pointed at AZOV and painted all of the nation in the same broad brush. De-nazification is how Putin labeled his actions. Fascism and Nazism are words that have lost all meaning at this point. The muddling and devaluation of those words is leading our world on a path to authoritarianism.
When you view the matter from the lens adulterated by different propaganda the answer becomes obvious. To him the question was probably “How could a leftist not flee his capitalist homeland and father who is complicit to the oppression of the people’s cause to join the successor of the USSR in their fight to restore the former Union’s territory and drive the ‘nazis’ out of it.”
I literally said this dude was not bright, and probably suffering from mental health issues.
That doesn’t exclude the possibility the Russian army targeted him for recruitment because they knew who he was.
I don’t think the words have lost all meaning. We have just gotten so used to hearing them used in bad faith arguments while also having smaller acts of fascism embraced as normal.
It’s like the argument that calling people Nazis left them no choice but to become literal Nazis. You always have a choice.
I am glad to have this discussion though because if we can’t openly discuss these things then we increase the chance that the narrative will be hijacked to fit an agenda.