https://thespectaclemag.substack.com/p/westerners-are-in-a-state-of-shock

the tweet that broke Western leftists’ brains and why it should surprise absolutely nobody.

Fresh off my Independence Day piece on the state of Ukraine in 2026, in which I argued that the country is being used as a tool of Western imperial interests while its own people are kidnapped off the streets and sent to die, Volodymyr Zelensky has done me the considerable favour of solidifying my position in a single tweet…

The shock that some people are feeling about yesterday’s tweet is not because something new has happened but because they have finally been forced to confront something that has been true all along and which the Western media, the liberal NGOs, the celebrities, and the political establishment have collectively chosen not to tell them…

  • Maeve@kbin.earthOP
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    20 hours ago

    Got it. You are a Zionist. And probably everyone who disapproves of these truths.

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      20 hours ago

      It’s a truth and we don’t have to agree with him, but like so what do you want from people? I can’t stop the Iran war, the genocide in Gaza, the invasion of Ukraine, or even the pillaging of my own country. Zelenskyy being a Bibi fan or making nice due to geopolitics isn’t even top 100 of my concerns right now. It’s not like Ukraine is giving Israel materiel

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        18 hours ago

        What Israel ever done to help Ukrainians? Nada. They are blocking UN resolution that condemn the Russian aggression. Zelesnky expressing support for Israel started before the invasion, and the Zelensky is simply a Zionist

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        19 hours ago

        No, I get it. Palestinian and Ukrainian lives don’t matter to Western “leftists.” But optics do. And treats.

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            12 hours ago

            Im tired* too. Tired of living in a fascist nation while fellow citizens consider us a bastion of democracy while exporting fascism everywhere we can and destroying where we can’t, more* quickly than at home or to nations where we’ve exported it. The west is a goddamn cancer.