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Libs very clearly don't care that Ukraine is run by fascists. They don't need to even bother pretending because the media in the west simply looks the other way.
I think you're making the mistake of confusing what liberals say they care about with what they actually care about. The only thing that matters to them is preserving western hegemony over the world, and they only care about social issues as far as they affect them personally.
Yeah, I agree with all that. All I'm saying is that Ukraine is a perfect illustration how selectively libs apply their values. It's an openly fascist state, they don't try to hide it, and they don't even see the need to do it. Yet, western libs conveniently look the other way because they don't care one bit whether they stand with literal fascists, they see Russia as a threat to their ambitions, and Ukraine is just a tool to be used and discarded.
I think the focus has to be on educating people who are becoming disillusioned and falling out of liberal mainstream. As the material conditions in the west continue to decline, people are losing faith in the system, and they become open to new ideas. Unfortunately, as things stand, the right is doing a far better job recruiting than the left. For me, that's the most worrying trend right now.
The Nazis are the army. If they reformed them out of it, the entire thing ceases to exist. They need the Nazis because they are the enforcers of the regime, they are the internal police keeping dissent in check, they are the only ones motivated to keep the war going at all costs and the only ones keeping the rest of the mobilized cannon fodder in line. They are the linchpin of the whole Maidan project.