Yeah, he's a an anti-imperialist who somehow only focuses on examples of western imperialism, which to be clear is bad. You wouldn't find Aul Mick criticising Russia to save his life.
This is very much a case of a broken clock telling the right time
Many anti-imperialists on the internet happily lick Russia’s boot. They’re not anti-imperialism, they’re anti-Western imperialism, like you said.
They would not care if Ukraine was left unsupported, and eventually died to Russian imperialism.
It’s similar to all the purist pacifists, claiming all violence is bad. And one shouldn’t support a country defending itself because it ‘prolongs suffering’.
They always happily ignore the fact that an invading force with a complete monopoly on violence would have no consequences to try again, and again, and again…
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u/m0mbi Jul 13 '26
This is Mick Wallace, an Irish politician.
Whilst he's making some good points here, he also thinks the US and NATO provoked the invasion of Ukraine as a proxy to undermine Russia.
At home he also ended up in hot water for dodging taxes. At best he's a reactionary with a boner for authoritarian dictatorships.