cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/6792069

I’ve been running into this conversation quite a few times recently with fellow organizers: that China and Russia are imperialist powers because they are expansionist. While I understand in my brain why this is not the case, it is difficult for me to argue the case. I wonder if there are any useful (and short) analyses / frameworks I can use in a conversation, because I start losing people when I get too into depth in theory.

    • starkillerfish [she/her]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
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      5 months ago

      thank you! i vaguely remembered this thread and was going to ping you about it. from your comment there:

      Unless your definition of “imperialism” is just “when country does things outside of its own borders”

      unfortunately this is my biggest roadblock in conversations by far. there is a refusal to engage with the topic in depth and a contentedness with “if country does thing outside the country, then its imperialist” that i cant seem to break.