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putin is not far right
Putin is a reactionary autocrat who embodies the worst traits of State tyranny - nationalistic, militaristic, and hostile towards personal and workplace freedom - even if his oligarchic capitalism and Soviet nostalgia contradict a strict 'far-right' label.
"Putin has absolute personal power" and other lines favored by Anne Applebaum
Why yes, Putin is an autocrat, his highly personalized and centralized system of power lacks meaningful checks and balances. He suppresses dissent, and operates largely on his personal whims rather than any sort of institutional governance.
seems like this is so subjective it can be applied to any government you don't like. I don't think you have any real evidence for it all being his personal whims beyond Applebaum-tier articles in The Atlantic. on a larger level, this is Great Man Theory bullshit with zero material analysis
My cat is autocratic when he decides that dinner time should be at 5 instead of 6.
Is he the shaytan al akbar however? Perhaps he's a shaytan al saghir, tho.
Opposing one tyranny by excusing another betrays the essence of liberation - solidarity fights all oppression, not just the West's. Revolutionary ethics demand consistency, selective outrage that shields authoritarianism under the guise of anti-imperialism is not how we should conduct ourselves.
gotta be my favorite way to dismiss any use of state power I don't agree with
Russia is deeply authoritarian, and built on the oppression of the people by the State and capital. What would you consider authoritarianism to be?
so authoritarian is when capitalist state? that doesn't seem like a useful definition to me
I'm sorry that you find the word 'authoritarian' upsetting, however it does have a commonly agreed upon definition. I personally see no need to pretend otherwise.
oh it does? what is it?
Whether you go by Juan Linz's definition - the origin of the term as used in a political sense - or Bob Altemeyer's later refinement it's clear that Russia fits this label as it was laid out by its originators.
So no, I do not use terminology on the basis of my personal likes or dislikes. I use these terms because they mean something, as laid out by the political theorists who originated them.
So again, I apologize that some words may make you feel itchy, or maybe a little self-conscious. Through, you should note that self-reflection is good, and you shouldn't shun perceivably negative terms because they may (or may not) play into your belief system.
A word has a meaning of how its used. Its used as "a country liberals (white supremacists) don't like" (because it doesn't let its citizens get genocided by the west).
Also Putin is white
Putin is allied with netanyahu. Are ALL lemmists dumb?
Hey, I'm not! It's amusing that authoritarian socialists get accused of excusing authoritarianism under the guise of anti-imperialism, while failing to address the reactionary nature of regimes like Putin's though indeed. Especially to the point of proudly exclaiming that the term 'authoritarianism' has no value in theory or praxis - a dead give away to their true nature, and oddly incapable of owning such a label.
A meaningless, inconsistently applied word born out of a fetish for idealism that is primarily used to deem any state opposed to Western hegemony as irredeemable and worthy of condemnation.
Authoritarianism is when sovereign and not ruled by westerners (according to the way imperialists use the word)
Its a good thing (for us, not for you)
Russia is literally ruled by westerners. Both in a colonial sense (Siberia is a colony), political (they're an oligarchy) and in the geopolitical one.
If their oligarchs don't create wars how else is Lockheed Martin supposed to sell missile?
Putin is literally the tsar.
Russia is definitely ruled by westerner lmao.
The weapon industry need enemies. Ever heard of the 90ies when America coup'ed russia and they starved for 10 years
"Authoritarianism bad"
Imperialist detected. Are the pesky authoritarians putting up resistance to your world genocide again, instead of rolling over like you want them to?
https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1924/foundations-leninism/ch06.htm
Putin is allied with netanyahu
احا
Anyway i hope you're loved ones are ok friend. Free palestine
thanks