• Hegar
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    13 months ago

    There is a not-invalid point here: that current global imperial structures are set up to benefit the West, so it is a bit weird to call someone an imperialist when they’re on the receiving end of it, a target of imperialism.

    But of course the same state can be both a perpetrater and victim of imperialism in different arenas or on different scales. Countries are big enough to be both one thing and it’s complete opposite at the same time.

    • @[email protected]
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      13 months ago

      I don’t get the impression the people who’ve downvoted this have read the second part of the comment.

    • @[email protected]
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      3 months ago

      Everyone remembers when the British Empire and Imperial Japan had their highlander-style “there can be only one!” moment to determine who got to keep calling themselves empire

    • Justas🇱🇹
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      03 months ago

      “By denying our oppressors their humanity, we seek to hide the oppressor within ourselves.”

      • Contrapoints, maybe?