I feel like this has been a concept for a long time within imperialist studies, but I can't find it. Surely it's a thing. What would you call it?

EDIT: thanks for all the brilliant responses

  • EelBolshevikism [none/use name]
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    1 month ago

    I think that’s still pretty much “imperialist realism” though, because there’s no actual good reason a communist society couldn’t compete with an imperialist one on a galactic level that I can think of off the top of my head

    • 420blazeit69 [he/him]
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      1 month ago

      You're right, they'd just flatten any state that effectively resists imperialism into another kind of empire, like they'll call the Soviet Union an empire.

      • EelBolshevikism [none/use name]
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        1 month ago

        imperialism is when you put habitats on lifeless planets and the more habitats you put on lifeless planets the more imperialisty it is