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How do we feel about Assad? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Im aware that he is not a socialist by any means but i watched some interviews of him and he does have some good takes on US imperialism and the Western Hegemony but i also recall hearing that he did some pretty shady stuff but i cant remember any specifics....Im generally supportive of leaders who try to free their countries of the boots of the US even when they're not socialist per se but this Assad guy seems a little off

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

AFAIK he's a Ba'athist (a type of ~~non-Marxist socialist~~ Marxist) and a very popular leader, but I don't know much about him personally. I'm sure Marxists have many disagreements with his party's domestic policies, as with any non-ML country, but Syria's anti-imperialist struggle should absolutely be supported

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ba'ath you mean? I didnt know that, the only politician i know who followed this was Saddam Hussein

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

yes, a Ba'athist is someone who practices Ba'athism, and Hussein was part of the Iraqi Ba'ath party

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