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[–] Kieselguhr@hexbear.net 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Okay. So you see what I'm saying then. Imperialists do this stuff.

Except what you have linked was already US State department propaganda

Could you please define imperialism in anywhere between 20 and 1000 words?

[–] lousyd@lemmy.sdf.org -5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

? imperialism is when a country or group exerts power?

[–] lousyd@lemmy.sdf.org -3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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 2 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] ThermonuclearEgg@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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

[–] Kieselguhr@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago

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

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

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 months ago

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