• random@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    20 hours ago

    > imperialism is when invading other countries

    > russia invades ukraine

    > russia isn’t imperialist

    mfw

    • Cowbee [he/they]
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      19 hours ago

      The absolute minimum you could do is attempt to understand what Imperialism actually is. Imperialism isn’t “invasion,” it’s a form of international extraction similar to nation scale bourgeois/proletarian relations. The fact that you’re trying to redefine Imperialism as “invasion” to make someone who linked a good source outlining what Imperialism actually is in order to make the person you replied to seem hypocritical is the peak of dishonesty.

        • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
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          5 hours ago

          Explains a lot when your understanding of the subject is based on a superficial duck duck go search. Imperialism represents a predatory, exploitative system where advanced capitalist nations dominate and exploit weaker nations for resources, markets, and profit. A country going to war is not itself a sign of imperialism, and anybody who actually bothered to understand the causes for the war in Ukraine would know that it was the west that was establishing economic and political dominance over Ukraine.