tomasz@lemmy.mlBanned from community to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 years agoBro do I have bad news to tell them about the Russian government's viewpoint on LGBT peoplelemmy.mlimagemessage-square87linkfedilinkarrow-up1141arrow-down10
arrow-up1141arrow-down1imageBro do I have bad news to tell them about the Russian government's viewpoint on LGBT peoplelemmy.mltomasz@lemmy.mlBanned from community to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 years agomessage-square87linkfedilink
minus-squareSaeculum [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·3 years agoCan action against imperialist states be anti-imperialist if the result of victory in that action is growing your own empire?
minus-squareSkolShakedown [he/him, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·3 years agoon paper no, but any action against American hegemony is net anti-imperialist. America just is that bad.
minus-squareSaeculum [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 years agoFair enough
minus-squareProxyTheAwesome [comrade/them]@hexbear.netBannedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·3 years agoThere’s only one empire on earth currently
minus-squareGaveUp [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·3 years agoThe empire died over a century ago
minus-squareiie [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·3 years agowhen your empire is a lot smaller and weaker, I would argue so. less leverage to subjugate people.
minus-squareSeventyTwoTrillion [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 years agoI mean, Russia isn’t creating an empire, so it’s a moot point
Can action against imperialist states be anti-imperialist if the result of victory in that action is growing your own empire?
on paper no, but any action against American hegemony is net anti-imperialist. America just is that bad.
Fair enough
There’s only one empire on earth currently
The empire died over a century ago
when your empire is a lot smaller and weaker, I would argue so. less leverage to subjugate people.
I mean, Russia isn’t creating an empire, so it’s a moot point