Sure, but capitalism with a Fuehrer that has a lifelong seat at the head of government and portrays himself in Riefenstahl like images surely qualifies as fascism, no?

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You absolutely defended Putin trying to make him sound left wing. Why?

I never defended the West. You defended Putin and that is the part that is absurd.

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So you are saying that there is a fine line between fascism and capitalism, yes? What would that line be? And why would we chose capitalism over fascism?

Mate, it clearly doesn’t. I mean your own link refers to Russia being run by the mob. Many EU countries have still unions with power. So, really what are you talking about better worker protections? That is utterly absurd!

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Four weeks holidays are not left wing policies unless you think of the EU as socialist. Nothing in the reddit quote you sent sound left wing in any sense. Unions? Taxing wealth? Your post doesn’t mention anything like this. Instead it refers to the mob.

“In Russia under Mafia rule we get four weeks of vacation” WTF??? I mean that is some great advancement of left thinking. We let the mob rule and get some base holidays in return that are more than in the US but less than EU. Are you for real?

The inequality in Russia is absurd. After the fall of the Soviet Union, it the country has clearly become the textbook capitalist country in the world. Tell me, what are the great left wing achievements it has made? Putin on a horse?

Putin’s Russia is not fascist in what sense?

Sure, even if true, you are defending the government, not the opposition

Edit: I mean tell us, what left wing policies are pushed forward in Russia?

Buddy, you are defending a clearly fascist state here.

Calling Putin left in any sense left is absolutely wrong. The left is not exactly thriving in Russia is it?

So are you saying that Putin or the russian government however defined is left of those?

Russia started when they invaded the Krim. All of Europe shrugged their shoulders because of cheap gas… Russia is quite clearly a fascist state so I really do not understand your apologies for it. It’s probably the only state that is more capitalist than the US, so why defending it?