Although NATO expansion doesn’t seem to be an actual cause; notably, it didn’t matter when Baltic states joined NATO. However, the embarrassment from a failed coup with pro-Russian Yanukovych in 2004 and later him getting ousted in 2014 could be the sparks for vengeance.

Russia’s actions reflect its own imperial ambitions. Rather than supporting the Ukrainian working class in determining its future, Russia has sought to dominate Ukraine through economic pressure, political manipulation, and military force. This mirrors classic imperialist behavior, where a dominant power suppresses national self-determination to maintain its own sphere of influence. The war in Ukraine is not a struggle against the West but a competition between capitalist empires, with Ukraine caught in the middle.

It usually doesn’t matter

It’s also accurate as everything reactionaries don’t like is woke

The Wagner private military organization – Openly neo-Nazi Azov Battalion

Why isn’t the first described like the second

Thank you for the information. Guess I can’t joke about being a gringo lol

I’ve heard gringo is about language, primarily English (or another native tongue instead of Spanish). Not about being a whitey

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Actually makes sense, there are some takes skirting on the border here

There seems to have been a modding mistake, based on how your comment is displayed in the modlog

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It started with DOS and I don’t even know if there was a possibility to have it localized.

I appreciate the change in direction with the correction, regardless of the circumstances 👁️

Transnistria is a thousand miles from Odessa, twice as far as St. Petersberg, and Pskov is about 400 miles away.

Vibes, vibes, vibes.

No. The material reality is that Transnistria is roughly 100–150 km from Odessa and not the thousand miles being claimed.

Pskov is near the Estonian border, and St. Petersburg is on the Baltic Sea. Neither of these cities is close to Moldova, so they are largely irrelevant to any invasion plans in that region.

It’s important to rely on concrete conditions and verifiable data rather than hyperbolic claims and vibing.

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Under this deal, Putin gets to annex key territories while Ukraine is kept out of NATO and left without American peacekeepers, forcing Europe to buy U.S. military gear. Imperialist powers divide and weaken working people by keeping nations in chaos and under constant threat. This brief period of “peace” isn’t for long as capitalist interests allow Russia to regroup and rearm. Ukraine remains in a disordered, free-for-all state under imperialist influences. In time, this setup could let Russia launch an invasion through Odessa to connect with Transnistria.

A thriving capitalist country can still be fascist. Fascism isn’t just about economic decay, it’s a way for capitalism to protect itself when it’s threatened. Even in a strong economy, if the ruling class sees socialism or worker power as a danger, they can turn to fascism to crush opposition and keep control.

In Russia’s case, the government serves capitalist oligarchs, suppresses worker movements, and wages war for imperial gain. Fighting between capitalist states, whether Russia or NATO-backed Ukraine, is not a fight for workers. The real struggle is against both systems.

In the U.S., everything is right wing and there are no liberals. The Overton window in the U.S. is so far to the right that even basic civil rights, democracy, and freedoms that exist elsewhere are seen as radical.

Right-wingers and capitalists have rebranded their system as “neoliberalism,” pretending it is about freedom. But real freedom: civil rights and human rights, democracy, secularism, economic and political freedom, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, and freedom of religion… they cannot exist under capitalism, where a small class rules over the majority. True democracy means workers control society, not just picking which capitalist will exploit them.

And as Russia is ingrained with Wagner, Rusich etc. does that also declare Putin fascist, with the invasion being fascist infighting?