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some western countries usually can have such vast welfare state within capitalism because they are still extracting value from their colonies.
Ireland, Poland, Malta, Denmark, Austria, Finland, Sweden, Andorra, Luxembourg and Norway don't have colonies. And the first three used to be colonies.
some of those you mention engage in imperialism on their neocolonies.
Of course someone from .ml would repeat the same buzzwords without thought.
Neocolonialism is an actual term, coined to describe a specific phenomenon
I know. I came from a post-colonial/neocolonial country. But to treat all Western countries as monolith is utterly ridiculous. It is ironically being racist to dismiss white former colonies as neocolonialist like Poland, Ireland and Malta just because they arw white, isn't? Frankly, the MLs patronise the global south as if they have no agency in the same way as neoliberal imperialists do. Ask Filipinos and Indians on what they think of CPP-NPA and Naxalites, respectively. MLs would actually get more respect and taken seriously if they aren't being hypocritical like the neoliberals. ML is just another form of tyranny with a different mask.
of course someone from .world decides to be completely ignorant.
Sure bud.
very sure, thanks.
Uncalled for.
You must be new to dealing with MLs. Nothing "uncalled for" for calling out MLs that keep harping about social democratic countries having neocolonies, when literally these countries have none and some of these countries even used to be colonies.
please get a grip on reality, nevermind we are on an entire thread about it. (and leave my fucking country for once)
You probably won't see many Norwegians or Swedes in your country. You're just racist.
ahahahahahahha yeah, because they are grossed out by my country. their presence here is limited to extractivism and destroying our natural reserves.
one step closer to the "white genocide" fascists. keep up and you will get there i'm sure.
And I am sure that ML presence in former Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Poland Slovenia, India, Afghanistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Ethiopia are not "extractive" for you.
"Of course not, they're my crowd! It's only bad if we're not the ones doing it!"
what??? afghanistan was literally just sucked dry by the us empire. philippines? india? holy shit i wish there were MLs with enough power to "extract" anything in these places, where are you even getting your news from?
And who were in Afghanistan before the US came?
Ask Filipinos and Indians what they think of CPP-NPA and Naxalite respectively.
You should ask yourself if your head is out of the sand to even actually get news from post-colonial people themselves disrupted by ML activities.
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you are literally doubling down on blaming communists for all the suffering caused by the colonial powers. please practice what you preach and shut up to go talk to a modern indian communist right now. learn what it even is.
i should have noticed you are not serious when you blamed leftists for afghanistan. imma bail right now, have a nice day and please educate yourself so you stop sounding so fascist.
Are you familiar with the process of unequal exchange? It doesn't require to have or to have had colonies and it doesn't preclude former colonies from engaging in it. It doesn't even require a particular country gov't policy.
I am aware, but the countries i mentioned do not engage in neocolonialism/neoimperialism if that is what you are implying.