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I thought this was meme but it’s real Tw link https://x.com/politvidchannel/status/1866653958338646499
minus-squareSixthSunOfASixthSunlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-25 hours agoI don’t think people understand the why of “critical support” here. When people say “critical support of Assad”, they are not saying “I want to live under the Assad regime” or “I agree with Assad’s politics”. They are saying there is no alternative to Assad that is capable of resisting American imperialism to the same degree AND has good politics.
minus-squareferristriangle [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 hours agoExactly, the yardstick of critical support is not “some arbitrary measure of how much ideological inconsistency and discomfort I’m willing to stomach,” it is utility. Necessity makes strange bedfellows and all that.
I don’t think people understand the why of “critical support” here.
When people say “critical support of Assad”, they are not saying “I want to live under the Assad regime” or “I agree with Assad’s politics”.
They are saying there is no alternative to Assad that is capable of resisting American imperialism to the same degree AND has good politics.
Exactly, the yardstick of critical support is not “some arbitrary measure of how much ideological inconsistency and discomfort I’m willing to stomach,” it is utility. Necessity makes strange bedfellows and all that.