To me it’s the opposite of depressing in that mainstream western opinion doesn’t change reality across the world. Ending western chauvinism may not be possible but perhaps ending western supremacy is

Hey, by all means, push normies towards us. A contributing factor to me being an ML today was the ruthless demonization I got for the mildest recitation of plain facts laced with me pre-emptively proving I “am not by any means a supporter of the USSR but” etc.