• PugJesus@lemmy.worldOP
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    "Assad falling is good, because Assad is a dictator. The left should be against dictators, yet many on Twitter proclaimed that supporting the dictator was Good Leftism, Actually.

    Syrians and Ukrainians should be supported by the left. Just because Assad and Russia are enemies of the capitalist West doesn’t mean that they should get a free pass from the left to oppress Syrians and Ukrainians.

    Palestinians should be supported by Americans. Just because Israel is a nominal ally of the US doesn’t mean that they should get a free pass from Americans to oppress Palestinians.

    Reject tribalism. Embrace moral consistency."

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      3 days ago

      Ahh i get it. But ive never heard a single person say assad was good for the left. Probably the tankies and the us left.

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        The tankie communities are definitely seeing the fall of Assad as a very bad thing. I was surprised at first, but then not surprised that they’d be supportive of dictator that aligns with Russia.

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          Tankies love violent oppression of the people, and I genuinely don’t understand how they could be that fucked in the head.

          I can at least understand the logic of a wealthy fascist, they’re violent and greedy and competitive and want to completely dominate their workforce from the top by any means available.

          I guess maybe tankies feel like they could benefit from the same cynical exploitation except their position of dominance would be from a generously funded office of propagandists or something? The same way Hegseth rose from opinionated Fox News host to a government position, so would they want to rise from their Twitter/Bluesky/Twitch influencer role?

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            It’s a double edged sword. Assad gone is a good thing, however it remains to be seen that it’s a good thing for the people of Syria, only time will tell. But you can’t cling onto a shitty dictator on the off chance that things might be worse. The people of Syria certainly seem to be happy about it.

            From the Tankie perspective, they couldn’t give a flying fuck about the people of Syria, only what it means for the “unity” of anti-US aligned countries such as Iran & Russia.

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      3 days ago

      “yet many on Twitter proclaimed that supporting the dictator was Good Leftism”

      Well this is news.

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        What’s there to say. Twitter’s a shithole.

        Unfortunately, many people still use it to communicate and organize, some of whom do not belong in said shithole.