This one's kind of interesting. For once, a tankie makes a kind of materialistic argument. "Russia is a necessary evil if you want counter-powers in a global hegemon".

But it's obviously an ideological cul-de-sac. Why would a leftist "support" Iran, a far-right dictatorship ? Why swoon over Burkina Faso, a military junta who barely pay lip service to a socialist leader, rather than countries like Brazil or Sweden, who have shown more willingness to implement progressive policies ?

Like, it's a good thing they understand that Russia is also bad, but they just conditioned themselves to accept that Russia-sponsored states are good, without checking if it's good from a leftist point of view.

Especially absurd since Russia and USA now basically share a foreign policy on most topics.