• ✺roguetrick✺
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    4 hours ago

    Really though, the level of imperialism apologizing I’ve seen has been pretty humorous on this platform. Like people will say with a straight face that we need to support our client state Israel to secure our regional interests. It’s the same song and dance from the concert of Europe giving guns to the corrupt African client kings so they can murder the other guy’s corrupt African client kings. All for the noble civilizing influence of the state. But this time it’ll turn out different. Just like it was different every other fucking time an empire ideologically justified it’s imperialism. Because this one time is exceptional, unlike all the other instances of exceptionalism. Furthermore, I consider Carthage to need to be destroyed

    • @RustyEarthfire
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      22 hours ago

      Really though, the level of imperialism apologizing I’ve seen has been pretty humorous on this platform. Like people will say with a straight face that we need to support our client state Israel to secure our regional interests.

      Is this being federated from some platform other than Lemmy? Because I have literally never seen someone support that position here.

    • @chaogomu
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      Ah, Cato the Elder. He had a good cheesecake recipe, but was otherwise a complete jackass.