I'm trying to learn more about the Russia/Ukraine conflict. In the articles that I find that seem to be critical of Ukraine, there are a few that are right wing that seem to have similar viewpoints as what I've read on here or in the more leftist articles.

For example this piece from National Interest, or this from the CATO institute.

There are others that aren't flagged as right wing that are critical, but it's just got me wondering, why would right wing politicians/publications perceive these things similarly to how some communists would when the ideologies of both are so extremely opposite?

Disclaimer: I'm not pro-ukraine at all, but in my search for info that's not super pro-Ukraine propaganda, this is the stuff that comes up for me

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[–] ReadFanon@hexbear.net 25 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Um, yikes Sweaty!

Don't you know that they're talking about how it's democratic at home?

Sure it might be fascism writ large across every example of our overthrows, invasions, occupations, puppet governments, and the training and funding of death squads (because I'm going to completely ignore the fascism inflicted upon the internal colonies since I'm a middle-class liberal and it isn't relevant to me personally) but that's, like, whataboutism or no true Scotsman or ad hominem or something.

Edit: I called it! I fucking called it.

[–] Great_Leader_Is_Dead@hexbear.net 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Don't you know that they're talking about how it's democratic at home?

Yes, a democracy where like 5-7 states decide who the POTUS is, and where someone in California's voted counts 1/3 as much as someone in Wyoming.

[–] ReadFanon@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago

The highest stage of democracy is procedural democracy.

Why yes, I am a vooter. How did you guess?

[–] WHATABOUTISM_DETECTOR@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago

Whataboutism? What about deez nuts?