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Anti-Imperialism means recognizing capitalist states like Russia and China as such
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Dear LARPERS, BOTS, AND THOTS.
Please down vote me daddy!!!! 🫦
It's not that I don't see the global order being capitalistic, I just stick to the devil I know.
I also like to pay attention to those that are killing babies and committing genocide at a alarming rate.
I also didn't just tune in. I've been paying attention for a while, 2 decades in the saddle and my ass is chapped.
I'm always skeptical when certain voices that are no longer allowed to be heard.
I love Russia.
All you leftist forgot that the Soviet Union does not exist anymore.
The western powers made sure of that.
In the end it will be fascist fighting fascist with the Edward Bernays Allan Dules butt babies sitting there all confused as they are thrown into the meat grinder.
Timid, weak and confused spooked like a horse scared of your own shadow. Time to police language forget the material conditions and expect real people to listen to your stupid ideas.
europe, israel, and the united states are a threat to all of humanity.
Capitalism is crapitalism but a game is a game... what is now but a game.
I am surprised of how many upvotes there are, maybe it is a false flag. Defiantly counter productive nonsense.
Maybe it's not actually organic.
Any Russians in the chat, do you got something to say? Or just a bunch of fascist in ukraine, europeans aka nato nancys, israelis and stank yanks in a room full of computers typing away.
Any people from China got something to say? I'd like to hear your opinions.
You people are isolated and clueless.
You are the useful idiots of the CIA, mossad and the deep state Intelligentsia.
You are the diet version of what is to be a leftist.
Sugar-free and way too sweet. You taste like medicine.
Does Operation Gladio and all the covert actions of the CIA just not seem relevant?
Ratios and proportions my dear boy!!! Ratios and proportions.
Does Russia not deserve its territorial integrity despite being capitalistic?
Given the track record of the united states who is a passive aggressive twat, always doing shit in the dark, yet I am not trying to convince you that Russia is a saint, but a victor of a crumbling hegemon.
Maybe they're getting you all horned up so you can go kill people when you get drafted in World War III to die for the ambitions of pedophiles.
Personally, I think most of you leftist suck-ass. Timid weak and confused spooked like a horse scared of your own shadow. Time to police language forget the material conditions and expect real people to listen to your stupid ideas.
Russia is whooping your ass with Iran and China. Strategic patience is a 🏖️, isn't it?
Give a inch to a nato nancy they take miles.
I find it to be strange that now ukraine is attacking Iran. Any real historian understands how World Wars work and how they start off regionally and then they explode everywhere. Any real leftist knows this is because of global capitalism but to sit there and act like Russia is somehow a bad guy in it all. It's just ridiculous. Absolutely ridiculous.
You people are covert cruel. In some of your countries they are deporting Ukrainian Men to be ground into hamburger meat for your delusions.
It's easy to be you because your opinions are state approved but you gonna eat those words one day.
You are flailing like angry little weenies, out of control fools with your gizmos that are overpriced and insufficient.
It's easy to care about people from afar despite which team you want to join, which tribe you want to subscribe but pretty soon you're going to be so busy with yourselves (whats new) in your little tiny lives of collapse.
Once the back and forth gets to the point where we can no longer produce oil that's when you're gonna see a collapse, even for you to have the ability to nag online and talk about shit you don't understand.
I don't focus on this Russia issue, because it's not really an issue. Who is pushing forward the agenda of the global fascist capitalist elite is israel, the uber rich in europe and the dying hegemon the yankee doodle dumb dumb empire.
Lets not forget about the gulf states. It is so funny when they get their asses clapped. 🤣
Russia doesn't even matter. Really. 🥱
I don't think about it ever. I mean pootin is an asshole, but I mean, my gawd, look at what we're doing in the "western" world. It's unforgivable.
I am down voting the shit out of this by the way.
I 'x' out your tag on the wall. I pee in your corn flakes.
I crip walking on the corpse of dumb ideas.
I cook good.
You know ratios and proportions. Ruff Ruff Ruff 🦴
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