That’s not even a lemmygrad user. Regardless, I think the point is that the people in power are Nazis. Not the general populace. Ukraine is tearing down victory monuments for Christ’s sakes. When Georgia starts doing that, I’ll definitely be sympathetic to calling their government Nazis.
Yeah I don’t think “Ukrainians will never forgive the Red Army for liberating them from Nazis” meant “Ukrainian government”, sorry. More likely, this person thinks Ukraine was on the side of Nazis in WW2 which I’m seeing quite a lot too (not looking for examples though, sorry)
How is it any different from saying “Americans” do such and such when their representatives say awful things? We know that there are American comrades, and we know that there are likely a great number more comrades in Ukraine. I really don’t think the post was meant to disparage all Ukrainians. Just the ones that support what their representatives are saying.
Americans and other imperial core nations directly benefit from imperialism, this is the real reason why no communist party can take off the ground there, not any ephemeral reppression. Ukrainians on the other hand are the victims of imperialism and it’s their country that is right now ravaged by a war. You wouldn’t go around blaming Bangladeshi people for politics that keep them in crumbling sweatshops, even though it’s comprador Bangladeshi politicians who sign off those policies for the benefit of Western capitalists. The same way when comprador Nazi politicians of Ukraine sacrifice their people in a war for the benefit of Western capitalists, you shouldn’t blame Ukrainian people for it.
Your question is no different from someone asking “if it’s ok to say whites do such and such, why can’t I say blacks do such and such”? The difference is between the oppressor and the oppressed, the perpetrator and the victim. White supremacy is not every single white persons fault and noone can singlehandedly end it, but whites are collectively benefitting from it and thus should take responsibility. Western people, working class included, have some responsibility for sustaining imperialism, because it does benefit them - all the sweat, blood and tears are outsourced to other nations so there’s no reason for Western working class to rebel.
Those dynamics have to be understood if we’re to achieve any change at all and it’s actually sad I had to type this out.
