The word imperialism is derived from the Latin word imperium,[8] which means ‘to command’, ‘to be sovereign’, or ‘to rule’.[9] It was coined in the 19th century to describe Napoleon III’s attempts to gain political support by invasion.[10][11] The term was applied to the British Empire during the 1870s; by the 1880s it had acquired a positive connotation in the West.[12] By the end of the 19th century, the term was used to describe the behavior of empires at all times and places.[13] Hannah Arendt and Joseph Schumpeter defined imperialism as expansion for the sake of expansion.[14]

Hobson, and in 1917, Lenin, attempted to redefine imperialism as the “highest stage of capitalism”, as firms exported capital to dominate economically rather than territorially.[15]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperialism

Memes do not, by their nature, need to be funny. It can help but ultimately (pikachu face) they’re just ideas distilled into image form. But yes, fewer words the better. Memes shouldn’t be essays.

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That’s a bold lie to tell.

Lol, that was perhaps the least controversial thing I’ve ever posted that got removed by a mod.

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That would be Zero but Christians sure are convinced it’s all of them.

I mean, Christian teachings are largely Greek Philosophy grafted onto Abrahamic religion. I’m not terribly convinced early church fathers really cared what Jesus thought.

That’s more or less what every Marxist and Marxist-Leninist really needs to hear.

Because he’s the M in ML

Weirdly, none of the 80 books on the reading list will actually be by Marx himself

Can’t say, didn’t bother watching either. Don’t need to see it to know it’s a bunch of lies and delusions, interspersed among an hours long effort to jack off his own ego.

Imperialism refers to a specific stage of capitalism

Then you’ve redefined the term Imperialism.

Russia steals the surplus value for within it’s borders, the US steals surplus value from beyond it’s borders. Like I said, Russia does everything the US does just not as extensively.

but it’s a good starting point to ask ‘is this war for profit or some other reason?’.

Always an important question to ask but if Cowbee does mean that, then they should use the modifier to signify that they are talking about economic imperialism and not about Imperialism Imperialism.

Imperialism is characterized by one political entity conquering or annexing thru coercion other political entities to bring new land, population, wealth, and natural resources under their control. No need to muck up or stretch out the definition.

That’s a laugh. Putin and his political machine have expressed a desire to return to the days of the Russian Empire and has engaged in acts of conquest to that effect.

Russia is a mirror image of the US. While Anglo-Saxons were pushing west across North America, conquering indigenous peoples, Russians were pushing east out of Europe into Asia conquering indigenous peoples. They’re both dysfunctional countries with dysfunctional world views.

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That’s like an onion, just layers of naive. Russia has had imperial ambitions on Ukraine for a while and thinking that they care at all about the “liberation” of Donetsk and Luhansk is crazy talk.

The inconsistent part is giving a free pass to Russia when they do everything the US does just not as extensively.