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Firstly, thank you for accepting me into the community. Within the last few weeks I came to the realisation that there is no such thing as a healthy, stable, capitalist society. I want to learn more about communism because it could be a real alternative to the frankly poor conditions of working class life in the UK (and any other capitalist country).

There is one thing that stands out to me here that I'd like to understand because it's a little jarring. In a few places (e.g. https://lemmygrad.ml/post/9012898/6943775) on the topic of Russia, specifically the war, people seem to believe the invasion was justified and that the Ukraine government is Nazi? Why? From my point of view, which I do admit is going to have inherent Western/NATO bias because I live in the UK, is that this is an example of Russian imperialism. If the US invaded Canada, or the UK invaded France, it would rightly be considered a travesty. Why is Russia not given the same treatment? After all, it is not communist any more and it is working class people being sent to die in this war.

Shouldn't the modern Russian government receive the same scrutiny as any other capitalist government?

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[โ€“] KrasMazov@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Since comrades already provided a lot of sources about it. I just want to link to this video about the Euromaidan by Brasilian Marxist Ian Neves. It's an hour long and in Portuguese, but should help understanding what happened in Ukraine between 2013-2014.

[โ€“] TankieReplyBot@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 month ago

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy: