jankforlife@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.ml · 4 days agoUkraine is asking for a truce. So why is it preparing for a bigger war?www.rt.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down129
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minus-squareBeatTakeshi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down11·4 days agoFalse dichotomy, imperialism is imperialism, find differences elsewhere
minus-squareBuhbyelittlegumshoe@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 days agoImperialism is when a country does something in its interests, which tends to be most things?
minus-squareBeatTakeshi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down6·edit-23 days agoYou forgot the expansionism bit You know, US over all its neighbours, Russia over Ukraine, Israel over Palestine/Lebanon/Syria, China over Taiwan…
minus-squareBuhbyelittlegumshoe@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoNo, let’s contextualize this rather than doing an all sides bad gotcha that ends up feeding those with hegemony.
minus-squareBeatTakeshi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down5·edit-23 days agoGosh the mental gymnastics and the length you’ll go to try to justify that territory grab is not an invasion; alright comrade, all heil valiant Vladimir fighting Nazism; it’s not a flex to be the least worse
minus-squareBuhbyelittlegumshoe@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 days agoUkraine is the most Reddit country. Folks, some people are saying it’s the Reddit country.
False dichotomy, imperialism is imperialism, find differences elsewhere
Imperialism is when a country does something in its interests, which tends to be most things?
You forgot the expansionism bit
You know, US over all its neighbours, Russia over Ukraine, Israel over Palestine/Lebanon/Syria, China over Taiwan…
No, let’s contextualize this rather than doing an all sides bad gotcha that ends up feeding those with hegemony.
Gosh the mental gymnastics and the length you’ll go to try to justify that territory grab is not an invasion; alright comrade, all heil valiant Vladimir fighting Nazism; it’s not a flex to be the least worse
Ukraine is the most Reddit country. Folks, some people are saying it’s the Reddit country.