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Russia successfully resisting and damaging US imperialism is a much better result for communists than the US empire further expanding. The russian federation is very much economically liberal, in the exact same way as the west and particularly America, so there is no real reason for us to dislike them more on those grounds. As much as the west paints Putin as an authoritarian dictator, he is actually popular in Russia. He saved the country from economic crisis and massively improved living conditions - not to the level of the USSR, but still in a way very much felt by the public. It is the liberal democracy the west wanted to turn it into, they just don't like that it's a competing liberal democracy rather than a subservient one. Arguably a more successful liberal democracy, as they actually like their leader.
Communism can grow far more easily in a multipolar world, so despite being deeply critical of both sides in general we support the side whose success creates more advantageous conditions for us.
LGBTQ+ people in Russia definitely don't like their leader. Just keep in mind that Putin isn't as great as you're trying to paint him for many minority groups in Russia. I get what you're saying, but critical support and all that.
steps 7-8 are optional, and can be skipped by employing enough anti-communist propaganda
so it's just neoliberalism-austerity-depression-right wing populism-corrupt oligarchy, back to western backed neoliberals and so on
not even a succdem in sight
Yup, damn good summary. Hopefully BRICS and alternate economies not dependent on Western hegemony help. I'm tired of seeing countries destroyed by US sanctions.
There's not really any viable pro-LGBTQ+ alternative in Russia right now unfortunately. Even the guy who the West picked as a potential replacement for Putin was a massive regressive.
I mean yeah, it's a liberal democracy and comes with all the problems of liberal democracy - the racism, ableism, homo and transphobia etc are all features of the system - but he did bring economic security back to a lot of people, which secured their approval. He's not a good person for it, it's just the material basis for his popularity.