Russia’s victory has become undeniable. What happens next could be an unprecedented escalation in the class conflict.
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For the members of the proletarian movement, the most important thing about the Ukraine proxy war is not that Russia has won the conflict’s battles. The U.S. empire always saw Ukraine as nothing more than a sacrificial tool for trying to destabilize Eurasia, and was never materially invested in it militarily defeating Russia. The important thing is that Russia has won the economic war, and did so long prior to its recent Bakhmut victory. The military aspect has been secondary. Ukraine could have retaken Crimea, and because Russia couldn’t be destabilized by the sanctions, the war still would have represented a net loss for the imperialists.
Russia’s victory has become undeniable. What happens next could be an unprecedented escalation in the class conflict.
Russia’s victory has become undeniable. What…
Russia’s victory has become undeniable. What happens next could be an unprecedented escalation in the class conflict.
For the members of the proletarian movement, the most important thing about the Ukraine proxy war is not that Russia has won the conflict’s battles. The U.S. empire always saw Ukraine as nothing more than a sacrificial tool for trying to destabilize Eurasia, and was never materially invested in it militarily defeating Russia. The important thing is that Russia has won the economic war, and did so long prior to its recent Bakhmut victory. The military aspect has been secondary. Ukraine could have retaken Crimea, and because Russia couldn’t be destabilized by the sanctions, the war still would have represented a net loss for the imperialists.