Don't normalize imperialistic ambitions as a way to appeal to fascists. Ukraine should be supported, but not because of the need to maintain the hegemony.
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Down with American imperialism. Long live the imperialism of their successor!
So in response to my argument that you shouldn't directly encourage imperialism you're arguing "but my empire is better than their empire." How very... insightful. I understand that you believe imperialism is a fundamental reality of international politics, but it's only because of tact shit like this that defeats internationalism.
Well, "my empire is better" is a very good argument when discussing which empire should run the world.
There's only 3 choices for who gets the hegemony right now, or is my knowledge out of date? There's USA, China, and Russia.
Curious who should take over if Americans should let go.
Damn, I thought liberals were supposed to at least wear a mask.
A power balance would be more beneficial than the US rampaging without countries having other imperialists to align with.
Do you think a power imbalance or global revolution as the other commenter implies is more likely to occur than another hegemony?
If they suddenly closed prisons I wouldn't be like "hell yeah, in a just world we wouldn't need prisons, nobody should have their freedom taken away." I'd be preoccupied with what I think is going to happen in this world.
Also, every single country engages in "imperialism." It's basic geopolitics. Simply trading with people gives you influence with them that you could potentially leverage. (Remember, this topic is about soft power and influence, which some people are calling imperialism. If it's confusing don't blame me.)
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All it took was a few insatiably greedy assholes and a few decades. Hopefully the next government can figure out how to contend with human greed.
If you think the disinformation was directed at "them", think again
Tbh it’s basically the movie 300 without king Leonidas.
Indeed and the fucking MAGAts are sucking down the Kremlin stirred Orange Kool-Aid.