I’m trying to learn more about the Russia/Ukraine conflict. In the articles that I find that seem to be critical of Ukraine, there are a few that are right wing that seem to have similar viewpoints as what I’ve read on here or in the more leftist articles.
For example this piece from National Interest, or this from the CATO institute.
There are others that aren’t flagged as right wing that are critical, but it’s just got me wondering, why would right wing politicians/publications perceive these things similarly to how some communists would when the ideologies of both are so extremely opposite?
Disclaimer: I’m not pro-ukraine at all, but in my search for info that’s not super pro-Ukraine propaganda, this is the stuff that comes up for me
I don’t understand your question, better than what? Better than a democratic action? Heck no. Better than an entirely authoritarian system? Heck yes.
What a democratic action? Is a democracy violently putting down a far right uprising authoritarian or democratic? Is a democracy invading a another country to “bring it democracy” authoritarian or democratic?
Is a government that’s only democratic for some of its citizens but maintains the economic prosperity needed for a stable democracy by ruthlessly exploiting some of its own citizens and/or others abroad democratic or authoritarian?
Protecting democratic processes from authoritarians is democratic, even when physical violence is required in doing so.
Invasions aren’t. The people of a country should be the ones wielding the power there, not a foreign military.
“Democracy for some” is authoritarianism
There are plenty of definitions online, but when I use that word I mean the opposite of democracy. The more authoritarian a system is, the more unequal the distribution of power.