The liberal line is "wouldn't you rather have socially progressive neoliberalism than Christian theocracy?" The answer is of course yes, but it's a malformed question.
If politicians believe they are owed votes because they're marginally better than the opposition, they are not accountable to anyone but their wealthy donors. Biden sided with the rail oligarchs on the rail strikes, bailed out silicon valley bank and did virtually nothing to enshrine abortion in law or eliminate student loans. Eventually, even the "socially progressive" elements will be negotiated away in the name of compromise, it's already started happening with transgender rights.
Liberals, we love to have a laugh at your expense on Hexbear, but there is nobody on this earth who has more contempt for you and your values than the DNC. They're running a senile, geriatric dixiecrat for a second term and asking you to he enthusiastic about it. If he loses, it will not be the fault of the radical leftists who refused to vote for him, it will be the fault of the DNC for failing to deliver on the policies that got them elected.
This is the unbearable reality where Horst Wessel survived, sought a media career and spent all day complaining that people were mean to him for being a nazi thug.
The problem though is that these issues are self-perpetuating. Both the current Russian and post-2014 Ukraine governments are the products of US interference. If we were truly spreading Democracy, then they would be capable of mediating these conflicts peacefully. Since Capital dictates the terms of our international intervention, it puts its own interests first, and it's very interested in selling weapons. I just can't accept the premise that selling more weapons will lead to any sort of long-lasting peace or democracy in the region.
Ukraine has used internationally banned cluster munitions in the donbass since 2014. A six year old playing in a field and dying to unexploded ordnance, whether that child is a Russian or Ukrainian speaker, is a horrific tragedy. These bombs are a form of terrorism sponsored by the post-coup Ukrainian state, and the nazi paramilitaries active in the area were and are state-sponsored terrorists.
This is considered a "foundational figure" in his field, not an undergrad paper, not a business student coasting through gen ed polisci, but a foundational figure in his field.
Is that better heat distribution why bird's eggs have the same shape?