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

That is the weakest definition I've ever seen. Are you capable of defining it on its own terms, rather than by negation?

Democracy is a political system that vests its authority in subgroups, usually in representatives, and always privileges the powerful over the powerless. Even in an idealized democracy, if a group of people can sway a plurality or majority of votes, they have massive power over everyone else.

Looking at empirical implementation of democracy, rather than just projecting the lens of a shallow 6th-grade understanding of politics onto the corporate media narrative, would help you understand that.

So would reading a book.