uh yeah the CIA-backed neonazi coup that involved the burning alive of trade unionist organizers, the banning of communist parties, and the formal integration of ultranationalist paramilitaries into the Ukrainian armed forces
cmon man, the most formally fascist state currently in existence is an explicitly jewish state. the idea that modern far-right political projects can't incorporate jewish actors/populations when it suits them is ludicrous
Zelensky was the neoliberal guy slash critiqued as soft on Russia by the UKR right. the UKR far right parties didn’t really get any electoral pick-up after Maidan.
Also everyone forgets about poroshenko who got elected after Yanokyvych fled Maidan for Russia. Even setting aside q’s of the far right perceived prominence during Maidan, I don’t think anyone believes they were planning two president ahead.
Ryan's argument was that maidan wasn't fundamentally far-right because a jewish person later became president, my counter was that this is fallacious. I don't understand what any of this has to do with this very narrow argument
Oh yeah if it’s that narrow, I have no objection. Also, Israel is a great counter example. Just pushing back against any inference of Ukraine as a far-right nation and therefore deserving Russian revanchism.
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