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    11 months ago

    Putin recently accepted that he got duped by NATO and US in 2000s. If west thought they could control Putin’s oligarchy by sanctioning the Western markets and the oligarchs, they don’t know about Putin and Russia itself. They gave Putin a free hand to push pro western oligarchs out of Russia and seize everything for the Russian State. If US chooses to be more violent Putin will not hesitate to put a hammer and sickle flag on kremlin 🤣.

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      11 months ago

      Putin will never be a communist, he is as anti-communist as it gets. Being aligned with China is just a result of realpolitik.

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        Gamal Nasser and Nehru were too anti communist but their agenda was anti western colonization which gave rise to non aligned movement and 3rd worldism.

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      11 months ago

      Honestly, I hate his reactionary politics, I’m aware Russia is very far from perfect, and Putin certainly did slip up in the 2000s- but the reality of what Putin is doing for Russians- from fending off the excesses of the oligarchs, to now fending off NATO and really bringing Russia back to a resurgent age, and being one of the foremost leaders of multipolarism and a resurgent anti-imperialist movement- well, I can’t help but deeply admire him. Even as someone who’s trans myself- IMO truth is- in the sum of his actions, the man is one of history’s greatest heroes in my book.

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        He is definitely a very competent politician, but still let’s not give him that much credit. He still inherited soviet infrastructure and a highly educated workforce.

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          Maximum Soviet infrastructure were all sold and got dismantled. Russia updated the military industrial complex and completely nationalized it after Putin came to power.

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        He is far better than all western mainstream idiotic left combined. His greatest take is understanding the survival of Russia is linked with China and the 3rd world. He has changed the course of world history along with Xi.