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[–] [email protected] 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Of course, I should have said the Western liberals are defending their position atop the global hegemonic order, and the MLs are trying to unseat them.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

But Russia and China are both capitalist countries.

The tankies are tools/useful idiots used by them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

But Russia and China are both capitalist countries.

They're certainly not ideologically liberal, even if they have embraced some liberal economic principles, albeit under significant state control and direction.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 14 hours ago

They’re certainly not ideologically liberal,

But they're very much still ideologically capitalist.