• opposide [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    The same way the UK ruling over Wales isn’t imperialism or how the US existing at all isn’t imperialism or how Turkey ruling over the Kurds isn't imperialism or how the Spanish ruling over the Catalonia’s isn’t imperialism. They both just are and aren’t imperialism depending on what definition you use.

    There’s no hard line between what is and isn’t imperialism, and the modern idea of a state is inherently imperialist if your definition is ruling over people who don’t want to be ruled over.

    If you can provide an indisputable definition of imperialism then maybe we can get somewhere.

    • LibsEatPoop [any]
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      4 years ago

      Yeah, all nations are imperialists. So till we get rid of nations as a whole, we need a better way of differentiating between, say, Alberta wanting to exit Canada and Catalonia seeking independence from Spain.

      • opposide [none/use name]
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        4 years ago

        Exactly my point. They’re all technically imperialism because that’s how states work

    • Katieushka [they/them,she/her]
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      4 years ago

      how the US existing at all isn’t imperialism or how Turkey ruling over the Kurds isn’t imperialism or how the Spanish ruling over the Catalonia’s isn’t imperialism

      Bruh