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[–] burlemarx@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

This "two sides" talk is just Western bullshit, so Western libs can signal some kind of virtue. We are in the times of Western imperialism and colonialism, and maybe we are seeing a distant light in the tunnel as the world seems to be finally getting out this damned era. The whole world has been shaped by Western colonialism, then two world wars, then liberation struggles against Western powers, followed by financial domination of Western institutions (globalism and neoliberalism). So every little shit any country has done in this context is a reaction to the fuckton of shit result of Western hegemony in the last 300 years.

Let's not forget that even today any terrorist organization, any drug lord, any weapons dealer, any far right group, any right wing paramilitary group, any right wing corrupt politician in every country, any NGO that supposedly protects "democracy" or other bullshit, has Western putrid tentacles around it. Ever since they weren't able to maintain active military presence in the Global South, they instead started resorting to disinformation, destabilization and sabotage.

So, no, there's no two sides are bad. Until Western hegemony is completely over, there's no bad side other than the West.