I get this is the silliest thing to be concerned about right now with everything going on, but it does feel like the hawks scored a point here in the market place of ideas. Trying to add any context to the shitty situation in Eastern Europe is gonna come off as Putin apologia. I feel like it used to be a bit easier to pill Libs on being anti-war by putting to the USs fuck. But now that a country the hawks hated did a thing they predicted he’d do, well…
Hard disagree.
Anti-interventionism is ridiculously popular. Supermajorities in the USA and UK oppose getting involved in the war.
There’s also been a split in the conservative camp, with isolationism coming out strong. Both Tucker Carlson and Tulsi Gabbard have been pushing a line very understanding of the Russian perspective.
The conservatives liking Russia doesn't mean it'll become a structured anti-imperialist stance. If anything it will just get wrapped up in culture war stuff where liberals hate Russia and conservatives hate China and neither of them are coherent.
Yeah, I’m not suggesting we become Tuckerites. But if they’re willing to incoherently make isolationist points, we can make anti war points.
The only people I've seen supporting the war are neoliberals including those who think they're leftists.