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Anyone else starting to get worried about this rise of casual open imperialism? Like, not "peaceful trade at prices social justice activists don't like" imperialism but actual "let's go conquer stuff" imperialism. I know it's "meant to be a joke", but often such jokes are a first step to normalizing something dark...
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feels like it started w/ obama when syria used chemical weapons; we had a red line and they crossed it, and we blinked. then putin w/ ukrain, same. (i voted for obama but this was bad). look at china since ukraine - way more assertive. and now we have north korean troops in russia (that is imperialism too). trump adimres milei and all these folks, seems he will be assertive as well to some degree.
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it also forfeits any moral high ground or principled defense for the USA opposing imperialism by Russia or China.
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Honest question: how many countries would jump at the chance of becoming a part of the US if they could?
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Trump's return simply means masks off for the US It's always been an imperialist power masquerading as an exporter of ideals But these so called ideals don't even hold up to a modicum of scrutiny domestically
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Im extremely worried. Its hard to talk about because it feels like there isn’t much we can do.
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I was already worried about casual hegemony, ngl. contrary to the imperialists, there seemed to be a casual mix of anarchism in some areas and totalitarianism in others, completely covert to the extent that it's so normalized. which is sort of the tone with the jokes, that they're so overt they're debatably harmless, and one might say the same about ironic/satirical humor spreading other politics. in any case, this mindset would be moot in any real interaction between Canada and the U.S., since there's other international nuances that are completely missing from that content.
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Yeah, it makes me uncomfortable. And I’m hopeful it’s just an opening gambit for trade negotiations.
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I think that imperialism never left the room.. sadly.. anyway.. the game includes nuclear weapons.. the joke is joke until it is not..
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@elesel.eth
kinda based tbh
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Totally. This is the kind of thoughts that triggered my "Etehreum as a Neutral Economic Zone" post. https://blog.vrypan.net/2024/12/23/ethereum-as-a-neutral-economic-zone/
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Hernan Cortes had no intention of peaceful trade; which would have setup the Meso empires to experience their industrial revolution, hyper GDP with expansion into North America. And a robust, global maritime economy coordinated from Tenochtitlan would have rivaled Great Britain.
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tribalism, greed, fear and lack of imagination
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Long live Canada!
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vitalik, esta pasando exactamente lo mismo en argentina, con el ahora llamado "imperio austral". me he dado cuenta de este discurso hace un par de dias atras cuando trump twitteo la imagen de la bandera de e.e.u.u en el canal de panama.
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It always starts as a joke. And if you object? “Haha chill bro, it’s only a joke”. Then later, when it’s real, it’s too late to object.
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History of America: - slavery - indigenous genocides - Christian nationalism manifest destiny global military empire - war after war after war stealing resources - tens to hundreds of millions killed But people will still call it "peaceful trade at prices social justice activists don't like" and mock those who correctly identify it as a fascist colonial empire. I agree with your assessment of how bad Trump's overt imperialism is, I just think it's already been here for a long time. In fact, it's probably almost over. The left just hopes to dismantle the empire peacefully from within so we can negotiate peace with the world, rather than the current plan which is we're all going to die of nuclear war because imperialists can only escalate.
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Yep. Very much worried. https://warpcast.com/aaronrferguson/0x7ee3c953
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Joking is the Truths Cousin I have to say though... Canada already saw it coming making their military minimal. They did it knowing we wouldn't let anyone come and take over Canada (why give someone else a strategic position like that)
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