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He died fighting for what he believed in, imperialism and fat stacks.
International Legion For the Defense of Ukraine
Classic Ukrainian imperialism....
Also, classic enlisted soldier get rich quick scheme: dying just to get the death benefits.
Wait a minute...what now?
US imperialism, for which Ukraine is a pawn. This is the proxy war that the US has wanted for decades, with the goal of regime change and/or the Balkanization of Russia.
So what you're saying is that Russia has no agency, and their invasion of Ukraine is NOT it imperial in nature.
In fact, they're only seizing Ukrainian territory to add to their own, because of the United States. And that somehow negates any aspect of Russian imperialism.
Well that makes sense, because I know one thing about Russia, and that it's definitely not a stitched together country of conquered and subjugated people's.
Or, hear me out, maybe it's possible for both the United States and Russia, to wage imperial wars of aggression. Just because the United States is an imperial power, that doesn't preclude any other great powers from acting on their own delusions of empire.
I didn’t say that Russia has no agency.
Russia, if given its druthers, would be imperialist, but since it presently doesn’t, it presently isn’t. Putin tried to join NATO once, to join the imperialist club, but that was rejected, because the US wanted Russia Balkanized & plundered instead. Russia has figured out it’s better off allying with Global South countries than attempting imperialist adventures upon them. And this war has accelerated that allyship.
If history started in February of 2022, you might think that.
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If you want to dig up ancient history like this, then that describes just about every European country, so I’m not sure what your point is.
Edit to add: inb4 NATO is a defensive alliance.