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askchapo • 6 months ago

Is there a concept of 'imperialist realism'? As in, similar to capitalist realism concept except the default state is imperialism

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Is there a concept of 'imperialist realism'? As in, similar to capitalist realism concept except the default state is imperialism

MaoTheLawn [any, any] to

askchapo • 6 months ago

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

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Lemmygradwontallowme [he/him, comrade/them]
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6 months ago
Idk... the post-cold war consensus...? (A riff on the U.K's post-war consensus)

Cuz what I think you refer to, as imperialist realism (there is no alternative but western neo-colonialism), essentially derives from that?

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