I don’t know if any of you remember this, but about a month ago I made a post that basically said: Russia is capitalist so we shouldn’t support it. I also made a couple other claims that were not entirely fact nor theory supported, nor did I even necessarily believe them. Anyway, I just wanted to state that I have developed a more nuanced view thanks to lemmygrad, and I wanted to say thanks to this community in particular for opening my eyes.
Like Catradora said, we can’t be too picky about our allies atm. Western imperialism is too powerful, and China is also partly nationalistic, partly unwilling to engage on the international stage as much as Russia is.
I’m hoping with the BRI and Xi pushing the socialism button, China will become more internationalist in the future.