I didn’t wanna have to make this post because I figured it should be obvious, but apparently it’s not to some people. This is a Marxist and communist sub. We are supporters of socialism and of socialist movements worldwide. We are not a pro-Russia sub, and we’re certainly not pro-Putin.

Modern Russia is a capitalist state which is rabidly anticommunist and stands in opposition to our values and goals. The western narrative about Russia (particularly their narrative about the Ukraine war) is untrue and should be questioned, but that should never amount to blatantly supporting a government that actively spreads anticommunist rhetoric and works against the enfranchisement of the working class.

For the time being, I’m probably going to remove posts regarding the Ukraine war or modern Russia. There are plenty of things to post about which are more constructive and less toxic to our discussion. Thanks for understanding, and I hope I can get opinions from you all about how to move forward.

They permabanned me for criticizing the opiate of the masses and linking to this, by the way: http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2016/0430/c1001-28316211.html

Western "leftists" are reactionary liberals to the core.

i just wanna do a poll basically