Imperialism is when a country (or any political group, I guess) pushes their worldview onto others. That's without looking anything up so I may have forgotten some aspect.

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Okay, I looked it up. I agree with the definition I found that says it's more about exerting power than just "worldview". That seems like a better definition.

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 15 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

? imperialism is when a country or group exerts power?

[–] lousyd@lemmy.sdf.org -3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yes? I don't know where this thread is going.

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 10 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

This thread is going towards the conclusion that you've adopted a definition of imperialism that is so broad as to be unworkable, because it treats all political violence as being the same thing.

[–] lousyd@lemmy.sdf.org -2 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Okay. I don't know what else to say.

[–] Kieselguhr@hexbear.net 7 points 5 days ago

Okay. I don't know what else to say.

No need to say anything, you just need to read books.

[–] ThermonuclearEgg@hexbear.net 9 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

You should probably backpedal on this before you start framing Israel-Palestine as an interimperialist war

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 9 points 6 days ago

What a bizarre definition. Apparently any activist group is an empire.