

I lean socialist, but yeah fuck this. Ukraine should be liberated as much as Palestine, Nepal, and the Philippines. Fuck authoritarian simps.
The ONLY conflict that should concern us all is the class conflict.
If so called “leftists” think that solidarity doesn’t extend to their favorite oppressed people, then they aren’t leftists. They are fascists in disguise who associate with an in-group juxtaposed against an out-group. Leftists must realize that EVERYONE is part of the in-group, even fascists themselves. For if their material lives were well nourished and enriched, they wouldn’t feel the need to hate.
Now, I have heard that there has been and may still be corruption in the Ukrainian government. That corruption doesn’t give permission for other countries to invade and take over, though. If anything, internal affairs should be dealt between the opposing sides PEACEFULLY and DEMOCRATICALLY. If things do come to violence, those internal seeking to restore a democratic system of government should be supported more by those external than the opposing side of corruption.
After briefly skimming that Wikipedia article, it seems like the phrase/battlecry has undergone multiple iterations over the years, originating as far back as perhaps WWI.
Could it be the case that fascist nationalists appropriated this aspect of culture to galvanize and accumulate support? Sure. Look at the Groypers with Pepe the Frog in present times.
That phrase hasn’t
alwaysbeen wielded by fascists, however, and it seems like the larger Ukrainian population have taken back this phrase from the fascists.I think the .ml mod definitely had too heavy a hand with the ban here.