F_State comments on Liberal Double Standards

[–] F_State@midwest.social -3 points 9 months ago (4 children)

but it’s a good starting point to ask ‘is this war for profit or some other reason?’.

Always an important question to ask but if Cowbee does mean that, then they should use the modifier to signify that they are talking about economic imperialism and not about Imperialism Imperialism.

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[–] RiverRock@lemmy.ml 5 points 9 months ago

All imperialism is economically motivated.

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[+] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago (3 children)

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[–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works -1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I do think your wording is causing some confusion. Of course, the aim of most imperialists is economic exploitation, but there historically there have been other drivers of conquest such as religion and racism.

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[+] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 6 points 9 months ago (1 child)

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[–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 0 points 9 months ago

I'm sure they originate in economic pressures. But it's like letting a genie out of a lamp - you can easily whip up religious / racist hatred, but once out, it takes a life of its own and can turn even on its own creators.

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[–] orc_princess@lemmy.ml 5 points 9 months ago

I think it's not too much to expect to know basic terminology in a leftist space. In Argentina I've met plenty of social democrats who understand imperialism in its leftist sense, because being in the periphery means you see the consequences of imperialism, and this is a country where like 99% of the media is owned by the comprador class or international capital making propaganda for austerity, meritocracy and other bullshit.

If somebody doesn't understand why their definition of imperialism doesn't seem to be the one we use, maybe they can ask questions rather than interpret us in bad faith and so on.