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    brazil sent troops and intervened too, we used that combat expertise in the slums to better oppress our own favelados.

    quite a few of the generals involved were part of bolsonaro’s government and they are just as pleasant as you would expect.

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    Imperialism is the primary contradiction in the modern era, and is the contradiction that must be fought against most vehemontly. The struggle against Imperialism in the Global South must be supported by workers in the Global North, as the struggle against Imperialism opens the door to progress.

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      Because he’s labeled “IMF,” the biggest Imperialist tool in the world at the moment, and one working intimately with the US and the rest of the Global North. They take advantage of crisis in the Global South, often created by the Global North, by giving needed loans in a predatory manner and add conditions that they must privitize and sell to international companies.

      This meme references Kenya and Haiti, the problems with which Putin and Russia are largely uninvolved while the US and the IMF absolutely are. You could create a different political meme with Russia and Ukraine if you want, but it would need an entirely different format, not just adding Putin to this meme.

      Not every political meme denouncing the US and IMF needs to denounce Putin as well in the same meme, that doesn’t imply support for Putin.