I genuinely don't know what to make of this. To the best of my knowledge, this alleged pro-Putin "Western Left" just... doesn't exist? The vast majority of "le

I genuinely don't know what to make of this. To the best of my knowledge, this alleged pro-Putin "Western Left" just... doesn't exist? The vast majority of "leftists" I know are against all kinds of authoritarianism - they hate Putin at least as much as they hate the failed US democracy. Especially in Europe leftists are the one calling for an EU-wide army for territorial protection - that would've been fairly helpful by now! Sure, there are plenty of pacifists who just want the war to stop, or who are against direct involvement by non-UA troops, but I don't believe there's even a significant minority fraction who wants Ukraine to capitulate, broker a peace over the status-quo, or stop foreign aid. I have heard criticism against a more direct involvement, but considering the track record of Korea, Vietnam, Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Yemen, Iraq, and Syria, is it really all that surprising? You can't spend half a century sending people to die in far-away lands for profits or vague political goals and expect them to trust you that this time will be any different.