well imperialism requires a certain stage of development, so for instance bolivia can't really be imperialist towards ecuador
the sub part is because sub-imperialism is a specific category coming from ruy mauro marini's work, it requires a concerted effort between monopolies, finance capital and governmental agencies from countries that, despite reaching a stage of development where this is made possible, are still stuck in a dependent relationship with the imperial core
so they get into in a weird spot where they both collaborate and compete with the core, think of it as a sort of antagonistic cooperation, rather than separate entities acting in different spheres
But Chile can be imperialistic towards Bolivia and Peru like in the Pacific War. Brazil certainly engaged in imperialist actions in the 1800s. The sub-imperialism term is neat, but I would still call those acts imperialist, and say Bolivia can be imperialist towards Ecuador even if not itself independent in the imperial core. The thing that comes to mind is Brazil's actions in the war of the Triple Alliance with the posturing to the UK to drop its attempts to push Brazil around. They have to compete with Britain, but they do so by engaging in imperialism locally
Oh I get all that. I was iffy on the sub part. Much of SA has been explicitly imperialist upon their own neighbors right?
oh i see
well imperialism requires a certain stage of development, so for instance bolivia can't really be imperialist towards ecuador
the sub part is because sub-imperialism is a specific category coming from ruy mauro marini's work, it requires a concerted effort between monopolies, finance capital and governmental agencies from countries that, despite reaching a stage of development where this is made possible, are still stuck in a dependent relationship with the imperial core
so they get into in a weird spot where they both collaborate and compete with the core, think of it as a sort of antagonistic cooperation, rather than separate entities acting in different spheres
But Chile can be imperialistic towards Bolivia and Peru like in the Pacific War. Brazil certainly engaged in imperialist actions in the 1800s. The sub-imperialism term is neat, but I would still call those acts imperialist, and say Bolivia can be imperialist towards Ecuador even if not itself independent in the imperial core. The thing that comes to mind is Brazil's actions in the war of the Triple Alliance with the posturing to the UK to drop its attempts to push Brazil around. They have to compete with Britain, but they do so by engaging in imperialism locally