• SeaJ@lemm.eeOP
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    2 years ago

    TIL invading other countries and annexing their territories does not qualify as imperialism.

    • AntiOutsideAktion [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      2 years ago

      It can involve that. But you’re using imperialism to “accuse them of what you’re doing before they can” by flattening all history and context away.

      Russia is defending itself from encirclement. Acting like you’re against imperialism rings hollow when you only apply it to an act of resistance to your empire expanding.