Comment on Western Imperialism

1984@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• surewhynotlem@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  “I learned it from you, Dad!!!” - US to UK

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• balsoft@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Most “western” countries have been acting like this in the past century and are still to this moment reaping the benefits from colonial and imperialist plunder of the global south. It’s not just the USA, even though it is the most damaging.

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  • bobzer@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Where were the polish and Lithuanian colonies?

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    • balsoft@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Poland and Lithuania became “the west” very recently; hence “most” in my claim.

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      • bobzer@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Fair.

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