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One of these is an authoritarian imperialist empire, the other is China (lemmy.ml)
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[+] -12 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

and you’re dodging it by taking issue with me calling that imperialism and not agreeing that influence can be good.

Let's test that.

What influence has the US done that is good? What influence has the West done that is good?

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  • [–] 18 points 6 months ago

    The west assisting the USSR in defeating the Nazis is good influence, and "imperialist" according to your definition. Same with the Statesian north abolishing slavery in the Statesian south (similar to the PLA abolishing slavery and serfdom in Tibet). Western influence isn't overwhelmingly negative because it's western or influence, but because the west is "extractionary imperialist" and this influence nearly always is in service of that, such as kidnapping Maduro in order to steal Venezuela's oil.

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