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Maps like this seem counterproductive to their cause. If someone's main exposure to the phrase "American occupation" is things like this, and then they visit Seoul and see how great it is, why would they not conclude that "American occupation" is great and they should help more of the world become America-occupied?
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If I were more cynical, I would claim that there's a US psyop going on to make people more comfortable with the idea of actual US imperialism by associating the term and related words with obviously good things like protecting smaller countries' sovereignty, and associating anti-imperialism with militarism and invasion
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Ask any South Korean and they are pretty happy to be on the south side of the 38th parallel. Koreans and Americans fought together to create what is now (the miracle of) South Korea. We shouldn’t downplay their sacrifices Picture from my hometown of Little Rock Arkansas erected by Korean War veterans
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or even better: they should go experience north korea for a week
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@aviationdoctor.eth
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I think like any new idea, ie. calling stuff “America-occupied”, people get amped about the meme and want to spread it In the long tail you end up with poorly thought through implementations of the idea that aren’t worth attacking/defending In this case the implementation is so bad it’s counterproductive
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The phrase America-occupied (or Western-occupied) should always be interpreted as an alternative to Russia- China- Iran- or North Korea-Occuped, et al.
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as someone who holds citizenship in the american occupation zone, served in the military, and met koreans from both sides, i dont follow what sophie's cause is. afaict sophie wants to suggest a snarky geographic nomenclature informed by their own political ideologies? is there anything more?
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Lowest birth rate in the world. Great is in the eye of the beholder.
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Exactly. We also have the right wing version of this in the form of calling some prosperous Nordic country 'communist'.
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Ofc Korea didn't exist before the Americans discovered and occupied it. Just like NA, Australia, India.
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nice
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My country haha
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Mhee… Another unipolar statement😒 If we put a sane person in a society of psychos. Who will be considered a psycho then? Some people are comfortable living in other realities
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Why are you in Singapore not US?
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Super counterproductive to their cause here. No debate.
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