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Is far-left really pro-Russia or just anti-US? Not everyone that is anti-US (which a lot of people with common sense would be tbf) is pro-Russia

ljf 1y ago
My only knowledge of them is a cursory Wikipedia search, but yes it appears they are pro-Russia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahra_Wagenknecht_Alliance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahra_Wagenknecht_Alliance
mindjiver 1y ago
We are talking about a splinter party (BSW) from the main left party (Die Linke) which is a kind of anti-woke- and anti-immigration-party that spouts basically the normal Kremlin propaganda lines about Ukraine. There is of course anti-US sentiment there since is secondary to their main issue, peace at any cost so that Germany can get cheaper energy again. Note that I'm not a German national but I live in Germany (former DDR / East) since 9 years.
- parthdesai 1y ago
  Ah fair enough, thanks for the info
- mensetmanusman 1y ago
  Also having lived in Dresden and speaking some German, I recognize the German grammar affecting your last sentence there. If it’s of interest, a native English speaker would say something like “but I have lived in Germany for nine years” I know I appreciated it when the Germans would correct my German grammar :)
  - mindjiver 1y ago
    Funny, since German is my third language but I guess it creeps into my second and first languages as well.
slightwinder 1y ago
They are mainly pro-communism and anti-capitalism, delve in Marxism, Lenin, Stalin, etc. and are very supportive, less critical of modern Russia. It's probably kinda like people who are supportive of the USA, don't necessarily are supportive of everything MAGA & Trump are doing, but still support it in general.
int_19h 1y ago
Not just in Germany but elsewhere, the rule of thumb is that libertarian socialists (anarchists etc) tend to be both anti-US and anti-Russia, while the more common and more authoritarian kind tend to be pro-whoever is anti West, including Russia, China, or places like Syria was under Assad.

ljf 1y ago

My only knowledge of them is a cursory Wikipedia search, but yes it appears they are pro-Russia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahra_Wagenknecht_Alliance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahra_Wagenknecht_Alliance

mindjiver 1y ago

We are talking about a splinter party (BSW) from the main left party (Die Linke) which is a kind of anti-woke- and anti-immigration-party that spouts basically the normal Kremlin propaganda lines about Ukraine. There is of course anti-US sentiment there since is secondary to their main issue, peace at any cost so that Germany can get cheaper energy again. Note that I'm not a German national but I live in Germany (former DDR / East) since 9 years.

parthdesai 1y ago
Ah fair enough, thanks for the info
mensetmanusman 1y ago
Also having lived in Dresden and speaking some German, I recognize the German grammar affecting your last sentence there. If it’s of interest, a native English speaker would say something like “but I have lived in Germany for nine years” I know I appreciated it when the Germans would correct my German grammar :)
- mindjiver 1y ago
  Funny, since German is my third language but I guess it creeps into my second and first languages as well.

slightwinder 1y ago

They are mainly pro-communism and anti-capitalism, delve in Marxism, Lenin, Stalin, etc. and are very supportive, less critical of modern Russia. It's probably kinda like people who are supportive of the USA, don't necessarily are supportive of everything MAGA & Trump are doing, but still support it in general.

int_19h 1y ago

Not just in Germany but elsewhere, the rule of thumb is that libertarian socialists (anarchists etc) tend to be both anti-US and anti-Russia, while the more common and more authoritarian kind tend to be pro-whoever is anti West, including Russia, China, or places like Syria was under Assad.