She proceeded to flounder when asked about the Phillipines, Puerto Rico, Haiti, Nicaragua

Then goes on with it before claiming that he respected Russian sovereignty despite the literal invasion of Russia during the Russian Civil War :zizek: :brainworms: :brainworms: :brainworms:

  • emizeko [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    this quote is kind of ambiguously written and I haven't been able to locate a copy of the book, but dropping it here

    Since trade ignores national boundaries and the manufacturer insists on having the world as a market, the flag of his nation must follow him, and the doors of the nations which are closed must be battered down. Concessions obtained by financiers must be safeguarded by ministers of state, even if the sovereignty of unwilling nations be outraged in the process. Colonies must be obtained or planted, in order that no useful corner of the world may be overlooked or left unused.

    —Woodrow Wilson in an unpublished paper of 1907, as quoted in The Rising American Empire (1960) by Richard Warner Van Alstyne, p. 201