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Just Russia? Or all countries with the same violations that outrage you? What about those with even worse? Are you excited for justice in all cases?
Yes.
A world war would involve multiple countries on both sides, dragged in by mutual ties and a recognition of which camp would have it in for them in victory. Starting am open war with Russia would drag in all nations that have sought independence and needed to build up a military to prevent being overcome by the domjnant superpower. Eventually it would drag in every major state. It is hard to say how all of the chios would fall, but the conditions under which Russia were openly targeted for destruction would immediately create alarm in China, Iran, and most of Africa. That bloc has an order of magnitude more productive capacity and manpower than the "good guys" you would have in mind.
Russia could destroy and overtake UA at basically any time but is instead choosing this status quo as achieving a strategic objective, namely bleeding UA of manpower and weapons stocks. Russia has notably not used the scorched earth approach that NATO and NATO ally countries have consistently taken during their invasions, one where mass civilian destruction and terror are the main components of victory and control, where their forces fall apart the minute theyvlack air superiority. UA does not have sufficient air defenses to prevent such attacks, Russia simply chooses not to make them.
If things turn south, I have no doubt Russia would adopt the more NATO-ie "make the civilian population scream for mercy and then push them even harder" approach.
You might as well just write, "I am easily misled by propaganda". Since the beginning of the war, the false prospect that Ukraine could win has been essential for manufacturing consent for every ask made by Kyiv and the US government, up to and including mass deindustrialization of regions of Europe and making the EU dollar dependent again. Just follow the sources of what you read and ask what they choose to report on vs not and who pays them. It will be revealing.
Save them from what? If China is in a world war you can kiss any semblance of normalcy in your life goodbye. You should fear these prospects, not LARP about how much you will win. These are all nuclear powers with greater industrial capacity.
Feel free to familiarize yourself with what shock therapy refers to in this context. No lectures from you about this if you don't know something so basic. But, in short: the oligarchs were created by this shock therapy, of mass privatization, and it was done by US policy in the region. Modern Russia is a direct consequence of US shock therapy treatment.
Silly little fairy tales.
What about a disaster in Russia makes you excited?
Justice is not abstract, it has a grounding in ending injustice, creating accountability, and making whole. Given that you seem, unprompted, pretty stoked for war, I don't accept your claim to not have thirst for blood.
Re: Europe being victims of imperialism, what on earth are you talking about? I assume you are referring to the Warsaw Pact but I can only guess at what comic book-esque brainworms are at work.
So you wish suffering on the Russian people? Sounds pretty Russophobic.
Ah, sounds like you hang out in ethnic supremacist spaces. It's all making sense now.
This is hilarious. That anyone would stand up for Russia, one of the most hated states on the planet.
China especially, they would watch and wait till Russia was about to fail, and take their eastern territories, giving them both the land and resources they are so desperate for.
Russia is a country without meaningful allies (oh, I'm sorry, I forgot north Korea), in a world that hates them and wants to see them suffer for their past actions.
Poland alone would do anything for the chance to revisit Russia with a fraction of the pain they've caused over the centuries, and nobody would dare stop them.
This is inevitable, the Russian decline guarantees their predation and destruction at the hands of their growing neighbors.
Like I said, popcorn futures.
It’s like you’ve never even heard of BRICS+, which is having its annual conference in Russia right now.
You have no idea what is going on in the world. Russia has rather a lot of allies in fact, it’s just that none of them are imperial core countries.
You may not have noticed that most of the world is ignoring the international rules-based order’s sanctions. And not only almost all of the Global South, which represents ~85% of the world’s people and the bulk of the world’s production* and natural resources. Even many Global North countries are skirting their own sanctions to trade with Russia.
The Global North is largely sanctioning itself, and Europe is paying a very high price for it. In particular high energy prices, which is eroding their industrial base even more.
You’re running on pure, undiluted Western propaganda.
*Since the Global North in its infinite wisdom de-industrialized itself.
What no material grounding does to a person. There is a reason Russia is increasingly popular in the Sahel. Do you think it might also have something to do with Europe and material interest?
Though maybe I shouldn't elaborate. It is probably good for the rest of the world if chauvinist Europeans falsely believe they represent it.
What, the trees and steppes? China's material interests in Russia are in fossil fuels and their derivatives, industrial capacity for key industries (though China is overtaking), and as a market to sell things to.
Just repeating "European chauvinists represent the world" over and over again Lmao. At the moment European states are certainly acting against Russia, making yourself into weakened American dependencies and shooting the prospect of an independent Eurooe in the head to do it. But that is more manufactured consent than any real popular push. This is why Europe is taking a rightward turn against the liberal order that seeks to isolate Russia: y'all are paying a hefty price to do the US' bidding.
This is, more or less, historical illiteracy.
Growing neighbors like what? Belarus? Azerbaijan? Kazakhstan? If you mean China you can just say China.
Though again you have the material developments flipped. Europe is selling itself to Americans, not getting one over on Russia. Europe still buys Russian fossil fuels they just do so at a significant mark-up via middle men.
Like I said, ethnic supremacist. And with that said, I won't be giving you more attention.