I suppose Francis is reasonably progressive under the context that he's the bloody pope.
Sadly this makes him fall under a highly unfortunate tradition within ''leftist'' leaders where they have all the right domestic policy ideas only to combine them with the worst and most cruel foreign policy ideas out there.
He's still the pope but Francis can be said to be somewhat of a liberal reformer or a ''woke'' pope. However while doing this ''domestically'' he's also shilling for Russia a lot lately which is about the least liberal and the least Christian foreign position one can have.
Same with Corbyn. Aside from being a Brexiteer in sheeps clothing his domestic policy was mostly good. But then he started spouting gibberish about how Ukraine shouldn't be helped and how Russia was ''provoked''
Or Lula who defeated fascism at home only to go cheer it on abroad when he found out Russia was the one doing it.
Close to home the new leader of the Socialist party is seen as pretty effective and someone who might finally steer that failing ship to safer shores. And then he did an interview in the Volkskrant parroting Russian propaganda and pretending EU politicians who cheered on protesters against the Russian puppet were responsible for the war while not even naming Russia.
Of course when asked, or occasionally on their own accord they'll stifle a laugh and pretend to find it oh so terrible what Russian is doing but that means nothing when they parrot Russian propaganda, oppose help to Ukraine pretend the west is somehow at fault for Putin's delusions of empire.
