Thanks. I find that unless people are explicit about what they mean by such terms, Left and Right are meaningless.
As far as the political class, the alignment is more about personal greed and geopolitics. The ultra-nationalist bloc in the Rada are 'Left' in that sense, but in no other. The Ukrainian Irish and Scottish nationalists hope to leverage the geopolitics of the day to their advantage. I would not bet a penny on their chances of success.
Given replacement level immigration, the loss of agency attendant on integration into the global economy under neoliberal rules and the 'Rainbow' pieties of their allies (masters in all but name), their nationalism is as quaint as green dye in the beer on Saint Patrick's day. In the case of Ukraine the absurdity is magnified to catastrophic proportions because the Banderists (Banderisty?) cannot admit that they are just like their forebears: utterly disposable puppets of alien masters reveling in opportunities to express hatreds that make them ever more defenceless against foreign exploitation.
In my opinion the only serious nationalists in the Western bloc are Orban, Netanyahu and the Japanese and these are very cautious. The rest are nationalist in their self-understanding and posturing only.
Why left-wing? I don't understand.
They're nationalist but they want to align with the liberal powers: US/NATO and EU. Like Ireland and Scotland.
Thanks. I find that unless people are explicit about what they mean by such terms, Left and Right are meaningless.
As far as the political class, the alignment is more about personal greed and geopolitics. The ultra-nationalist bloc in the Rada are 'Left' in that sense, but in no other. The Ukrainian Irish and Scottish nationalists hope to leverage the geopolitics of the day to their advantage. I would not bet a penny on their chances of success.
Given replacement level immigration, the loss of agency attendant on integration into the global economy under neoliberal rules and the 'Rainbow' pieties of their allies (masters in all but name), their nationalism is as quaint as green dye in the beer on Saint Patrick's day. In the case of Ukraine the absurdity is magnified to catastrophic proportions because the Banderists (Banderisty?) cannot admit that they are just like their forebears: utterly disposable puppets of alien masters reveling in opportunities to express hatreds that make them ever more defenceless against foreign exploitation.
In my opinion the only serious nationalists in the Western bloc are Orban, Netanyahu and the Japanese and these are very cautious. The rest are nationalist in their self-understanding and posturing only.