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Communism@lemmygrad.ml • 11 months ago

Are there limits to anti-imperialism?

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Are there limits to anti-imperialism?

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Communism@lemmygrad.ml • 11 months ago

I believe that anti-imperialism is definitely important, but are there any cases where that crosses the line?

Say for example a fascist government. Now, Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy were imperialist powers so it made 100% sense to oppose them. But take the Taliban, an extremely reactionary government that opposed the USA. Or India, ruled by a far-right nationalist party that is a member of BRICS. Or pretty much any other fascistic and/or genocidal government that opposes imperialism while not being imperialist themselves.

Now, I’m not saying we should support the imperialists, but are there cases where we should also not support the ones fighting the imperialists?

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My guess is, we should support whoever makes our revolutionary task easier. According to Lenin, anti-imperialism does exactly that, and according to Mao, we should join forces even with reactionaries if that serves the Revolution, provided we don’t let them influence us.

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