We’re perfectly aware that Russia is capitalist, it gets no more credits than Germany for its communist past. The reason it receives critical support is because it’s opposing the US, and the US hegemon falling is pretty much the gateway to socialism worldwide.

We’re so clear about it that I don’t even understand how you could possibly think we support Russia because we think it’s still socialist?

Lmfao, as if machining gun parts isn’t alreafy so easy it’s problematic.

That’s not what democratic socialism is. That’s social democracy – Capitalism with some kind of social net. It fails for the same reasons capitalism eventually fails; usually after failing as a social democracy first, because capitalist elites will cause corruption & dismantling of the safety net (as is going on everywhere in Europe)

Edit: It’s turning my double dashes to emdashes, I didnt chatgpt this :(

I’ve read somewhere (which means it’s highly reliable) that they’re trying to work in isolation to be self-sufficient, is that wrong?