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It only counts when I say it does (lemmy.world)
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[–] -5 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Exploitation of a nation for labour and resources. You know, like America invading Iraq and Afghanistan for oil and heroin, or America invading Korea so they could get cheap sweatshop labour, or Europe invading Africa for everything and everyone that wasn't nailed down.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Yeah I'd call those all imperialism as well. There's a distinct theme of economic expansion - and that certainly doesn't describe every war I know about

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  • [–] -4 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I can't help but feel you are actually engaging in bad faith when you've commented twice that you definitely know other wars but don't mention what they are.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    You say it like I'm some capitalist pig that doesn't agree with all of the above. I don't get why Russia gets a pass though, they mucked about in Africa, Asia and Latin America in their past too. They are still in Africa from what I understand and it's hard to pretend they aren't in Ukraine specifically for ressources.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    Russia doesn't get a pass for it's actual imperialism, but Russia's other actions doesn't make this action imperialist.
    It's hard to pretend they are in Ukraine for resources, Ukraine was having a full blown civil war over the banning of speaking russian. I know we're used to standing idly by and shrugging our shoulders when someone's attempting genocide, but saying Russia is there for resources is just pretending history started in 2022.

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