why even pick a side in the russia/ukraine thing? they both suck and ukraine was always going to lose anyways. no point in tying yourself to either horse

The ironic thing is that despite Contra being the type of person to complain about “purity testing” and such, it’s the Marxist position that even in bourgeois in-fights there are better and worse outcomes and that often includes who wins and how.

In that house one never hesitated to take a stand against the conflicts in which one could recognize “the different fractions of the bourgeoisie.” Neutrality was abhorred. In the words of his favorite poet, the implacable Ghibelline, Marx hunted neutral souls to the gates of hell . . .

“Gespräche mit Marx und Engels”, by Charles Longuet, Marx’s son in law

That both states are evil matters much less than how the outcome of the war will impact the world.