Separating the Domestic from the International: Or Whatabout Whataboutism?
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One of the great myths of our time is the idea that domestic and external politics are connected, in the sense that the nature of a given regime determines whether it is a benign or malign actor on…

Apologies for the all caps I’m copy pasting the title from the blog. Good article about Belarus, gives a better perspective than dog whistle mainstream media attacks.

  • soferman@lemmy.mlBanned from community
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    5 years ago

    yeah, whataboutism is pretty shitty.

    Belarus is about as harmless an international actor as you’re likely to find.

    I ambivalent about this when remembering back to the protests after the election with all the police violence. And the plane hijacking is pretty extreme. But on the other side Belarus isn’t doing much military action against any other nation or state.

    But the conclusion that everyone has mud on them, and that nations shouldn’t ride from a high horse is pretty apt.