• CyborgMarx [any, any]@hexbear.net
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    16 days ago

    You have to keep in mind they don’t actaully believe that, it’s just rhetoric

    The minute they bring out that nonsense the move is to draw out their racism, asking over and over; Why is it OK for the US and it’s allies to violate the borders of a hundred non-white countries? HAMMER THE QUESTION

    These people can’t help themselves, they will reveal their racism in short order, let them show their ass

    • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]@hexbear.net
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      16 days ago

      I would say they are high on their own supply.

      Obviously the “rules-based international order” is not an even playing field, and certain countries get preferential treatment in almost identical situations. But the framing of liberal/capitalist media is one hell of a drug, it affects how most people in the West subconsciously see the world.

      The RBIO is racist as fuck, but to explicitly admit this you have to declare both that the hegemonic power structure in the world is your enemy, and that you’ve been duped by it for years. That second part makes it particularly hard to admit.

      Fortunately, in this case it is easy to ask the question of whether people in Donbass and Crimea deserve self-determination just like the people of Kosovo did. Taking a closer look at the region and its nuances, 11 years ago, was what made me stop automatically receiving the NATO worldview.