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[-] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Capitalism has a foothold there but the British no longer rule there. Justifying imperialism with imperialism also doesn’t magically make it okay

No they just installed a friendly neocolonial government. Jesus Christ do some basic investigation. If the British invaded part of your hometown and installed a puppet government, would you call it imperialism for it to be taken back by your town?

[-] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de -3 points 1 month ago

by my town no. By another country overseas, yes

[-] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

So your argument is the geographical boundaries mean when a country is split it is imperialism to unite it again?

Imagine if the confederacy retreated to the keys islands, that's sort of the level of ridiculous here. The right wing losers of a civil war retreated to an island that was and is considered part of the country.

[-] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de -4 points 1 month ago

I would go even further. If a country exists and everybody has a national identity, all happy citizens. Then one region decides to become separatist. If the rest of the country doesn't let them separate, I would qualify that as imperialism as well.

[-] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago

Have you read anything on what imperialism actually is?

I would suggest reading Lenin's "Imperialism"

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