With the Russian invasion of Ukraine, my disappointment with the Marxist left has grown. I have had sense for a while of the willingness to give unwarranted grace to people like Russia and China simply because their monstrosity is limited when compared to that of colonial Europe or the United States.

I agree with the differentiation, but am flummoxed how it could be seriously used to overlook the ‘lessor’ terrors of those smaller monsters.

Make clear the role of the festering kaiju as it stomps every corner of planet, by all means, but don’t give cover to petty tyrants because they only kill thousands rather than millions.

They won’t lead us to a better world, just one where the horrors play out with a different style.