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What is Lemmygrad's stance on the Ukraine war? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've tried to search for opinions on what's going on in Ukraine, but most posts are incredibly old. I'm not too educated on the matter myself (well, aside from keeping up most of the time with what cities are under whose control and all of that). I haven't really heard much about the geopolitical side of things, and it's hard to know what's disinfo or not; That's why I'd like to ask: What is your stance on the Ukraine war?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

As long as the US continues to exist in the form it's in, it will either be at war or in a proxy war and people will be dying.

Big picture is, if Russia and Ukraine make peace, the US will start a new war somewhere else by invasion or proxy immediately afterwards.

So I'm not 100% on board with the sentiment that the war must end at any cost. We don't get peace if the war ends if it means the US will just kick off another one.

War is bad. But any scenario that diminishes US hegemony and its ability to wage war (whether that's in a peace treaty or in ongiong conflict) is preferable, because we'll never have peace in this world while those warmongers in DC are allowed to continue.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

This has been my take lately as well. If peace happens on any terms other than USA realizing it has lost it's hegemony the killing will just move somewhere else. If the war is able to continue until its conclusion It quite likely will mean an end to American imperialist wars which have killed tens of millions since WW2. That this war has also gotten BRICS+ out of the thinking stage and into action means that further millions will be saved by ending USA's ability to unilaterally sanction whomever it chooses.