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The only known cure for state-level #fascism is a resounding defeat in war.
The Third Reich was hellbent on holocaust 80 years ago, and today the Ruscist Federation is prosecuting a genocidal war on Ukraine 1/4 nytimes.com/2022/05/19/opi… via @TimothyDSnyder
the Feb 24 attack by the russian empire is as shocking as it is predictable, because that’s what it has tried with Holodomor when Stalin deliberately starved millions of Ukrainians to death. Same evil empire, albeit under a different banner ☭ 2/4
Why is this happening again and again? Because, unlike Germany, which had an opportunity to atone and face the truth of collective responsibility, russia is stuck. The people of russia desperately need to see Ruscist ideas defeated, and rascist war-crimes exposed! 3/4
Until russians understand what they’ve done, they will keep rehabilitating Stalin & vote for putins. Russia need 🇺🇦 victory as much as anyone else. If the Rashist Federation isn’t defeated now, there’s no chance for redemption & renewal, but a certainty of perpetual darkness 4/4
Russia is a fascist state, it is killing Ukrainians for being Ukrainian. When an occupying power “evacuates” civilians via filtration camps, this is known as genocide.
Do not #standwithputin, use clear language theguardian.com/world/live/202…
I don’t just mean the moral imperative or even security, those couldn’t be more clear
I’m talking about the economic interests of the Free World.
Short Thread 🧵
In 2021, the global spending on defence reached $2113 billion, and that was before putin/russia introduced the MAD idea that the war of conquest (invading neighbors unprovoked/ with no just cause whatsoever) was OK again.
Then weak & pathetic putin/russia introduced nuclear blackmail into the global security discourse, violating a taboo at the basis of non-proliferation doctrine (if you can threaten a nuclear strike and get something in return - every country will want one) washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/…