cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/26476469
The corporate media says Putin wants to take over the world, and Trump says Zelenskyy somehow managed to trick the US into supporting him — but the reality is that NATO’s long-term strategy of expansion towards Russia’s borders made war inevitable.
The only REAL path towards peace is the abolition of NATO!
It's the standard Marxist take, being anti-NATO is pretty much universal among Marxists. That doesn't mean being pro-Russia, necessarily, but recognizing that as a millitary alliance of Imperialist countries, NATO exerts pressure on its geopolitical adversaries, and the war likely would not have happened had NATO not existed.
So a war started by a non NATO country against a non NATO country is the fault of NATO.
Got it!
The war was started because Putin wanted to start it. There are a lot of valid reasons to criticize NATO. But this war is not one of them and is entirely Russia's fault.
The war was started by usa the evil leader of the Nazi Arming Terror Organization
Ukraine was cozying up to NATO, and historically Russia has been attacked through Ukraine due to geography. The Nazis, for example, invaded the USSR first through the Ukranian SSR. This is why Ukrainian NATO membership has always been extremely dangerous for the Russian Federation. Invading and demillitarizing before Ukraine joins NATO is the only way to keep a buffer zone and avoid Article 5.
The morality of the war isn't really relevant when discussing why it was started. If NATO didn't exist, Russia would likely not have invaded Ukraine as it would not have anything to gain. Russia invaded Ukraine, yes, but this invasion only happened because of NATO increasingly trying to intimidate Russia millitarily into opening up its industry for foreign Imperialists to plunder, just as they did after Socialism was dissolved, only reversed because the Nationalists took power (Putin's party).
If it makes you sleep better at night...
It's not about what comforts me. I wish there was no NATO and no invasion, and going further I wish the Soviet Union never dissolved. What we are dealing with is real events guided by real conditions, and not the random whims of world leaders to satisfy ego.
Sure bud <3
I explained what would be comforting to juxtapose with the unfortunate reality of the situation. I could have also said I wish we lived in a Star Trek Utopia and it would have provided nearly the same rhetorical impact.