• realitista@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    That’s a false equivalence. Every country is imperialist if you go back far enough. My concern is about today’s political and security situation, not that of 200+ years ago.

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      7 months ago

      Buddy, do indigenous people no longer exist? Are Hawaiians extinct? Do black Americans no longer exist? These events have lasting impacts! Despite the entire UN council except the US and Israel voting to open the Cuban blockade, the US is continuing it!

      Secondly, if our conversation is about choosing which Imperialist power to live under, you must see why each country is doing what it’s doing. The US already conquered the surrounding areas, and now expresses Imperialism through puppet states like Israel.

      Your concern is nothing, you just refuse to believe that America is one of the most brutal empires the world has ever known.

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        7 months ago

        So basically ongoing imperialist conquest and subjugation in modern times is justified because anyone did it in the past? Bullshit.