• Knoxvomica
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    7 months ago

    Why wouldn’t it? All imperialism is negative.

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      7 months ago

      Uh huh.

      And if, as a random example, Britain and France took their thumbs out of their asses and declared war over the demilitarization of the Rhineland?

      Or the illegitimate annexation of Austria.

      Or just told Hitler they would declare war over the Sudentenland

      Or the liberal nations actually defended democracy and intervened against the fascists in Spain.

      Or or or

      Imperialism is a nation deliberately exerting influence on others, and it can be justified.

      Like most everything, it just depends on circumstances.

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        7 months ago

        Or the liberal nations actually defended democracy and intervened against the fascists in Spain

        They did intervene in Spain… to help the fascists. The US pressured Mexico to stop sending arms to Spanish anarchists, and Britain pressured France to stop sending arms to Spanish anarchists. Just liberals living up to their ideology, of course.

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        7 months ago

        Don’t bother to try and debate the nuance of the geopolitical landscape with a bunch of neo-marxists who have gorged themselves on the “west is bad” coolaid.

        It’s as pointless as arguing with neo-capitalists as to why regulation is both not the glove of communism, but also required for the healthy workings of a free market.

        They are both extremists who only subscribe to a narrow binary view of the world, which fits their respective “ism”.

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          7 months ago

          Oh, look… a free-market cultist is pretending that capitalism isn’t one of the most extreme ideologies ever invented.

          Yawn.