• alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml
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      2 years ago

      Between that, the Rojava one, and the phrasing of the ukraine one, tells me it’s just trolling.

  • Gork@lemm.ee
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    2 years ago

    Isn’t claiming territory that doesn’t belong to you as yours the definition of imperialism?

    • Skua@kbin.earth
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      2 years ago

      They get around this by using a version of Lenin’s definition of imperialism. Lenin characterised imperialism as, in very simple terms, the way that powerful capitalist countries exploit poorer countries (or straight up colonies, especially considering the time in which Lenin was writing). Of course they use a version of this that specifically defines it as just literally anything the countries they don’t like do, leading to ProleWiki insisting that Russia is not imperialist but Liechtenstein is

      • Saledovil@sh.itjust.works
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        2 years ago

        Similarly to how ‘reactionary’ just means ‘bad’ to these people. For the record a ‘reactionary’ is somebody who wants to restore a previous status quo. It’s not inherently good or bad.