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[+] umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] arctanthrope@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago ok I see. my understanding of imperialism is that it encompasses both of those, meaning broadly, expansion of influence, especially (but not necessarily) by claiming areas of land, in order to gain control of resources currently held by others. but I agree, there are two types within that, and the distinction between them is whether the people currently occupying the land (or in particular their labor) are part of the resources that the empire is trying to claim permalink fedilink source parent
[–] arctanthrope@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago ok I see. my understanding of imperialism is that it encompasses both of those, meaning broadly, expansion of influence, especially (but not necessarily) by claiming areas of land, in order to gain control of resources currently held by others. but I agree, there are two types within that, and the distinction between them is whether the people currently occupying the land (or in particular their labor) are part of the resources that the empire is trying to claim permalink fedilink source parent