Not only is he unreasonably angry at other leftists for actually understanding what imperialism is, but he has yet to make a video on Pelosi’s attack on Chinese sovereignty whilst implying China is imperialist (see the below clip; he seems to be directly referencing the Taiwan issue considering the timing) https://youtu.be/VScL9efeKxs - 23:25 onward is just a gold mine
I think the value of the opportunist/ultra split is not that we need to critically support Russia, it’s to take the mask off of national socialists who use idealistic moral framing to demonize Russia and rationalize support for NATO and Western hegemony.
All those people who claim to be leftists or socialists who then turn around and argue that Russia is evil and their defeat would be a net positive for the world are now clearly identified as reactionary and it allows us to filter them out.