• mydude@lemmy.world
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    16 days ago

    I’d say US imperialism is many magnitudes worse than any other governments, except for the brutality of Israel. Who else has more than 750 bases in at least 80 countries worldwide and spends more on its military than the next 10 countries combined. But sure Russia, Iran, China, North-Korea, Venezuela bad.

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      15 days ago

      It’s funny, but not surprising how much you’re down voted here. The meme is heavily upvoted for equating (presumably US) imperialism and (presumably Chinese) authoritarianism. But give an example of how much worse the US is, and people who pretend to hate imperialism fall over themselves to defend the US.

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      15 days ago

      I’d say US imperialism is many magnitudes worse than any other governments, except for the brutality of Israel

      Read a fucking history book at least once. The only country that makes the top 5 is russia by the sheer scale of terrain it held at one point and age.

      Not even sure if US imperialism makes it to the top 5. With all its capitalism, systematic racism, history of camps, military might across the globe. Barely top 5.

      Read. A. History. Book.

      Israel? Fucking peanuts with its genocide of Palestine. PEANUTS!

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      15 days ago

      Who else has more than 750 bases in at least 80 countries worldwide and spends more on its military than the next 10 countries combined.

      And yet Russia still managed to launch a war with casualties on par with Iraq. Sorry sunshine, if you’re a global power, you’ve got a body count in the millions. Period.

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        15 days ago

        if you’re a global power, you’ve got a body count in the millions.

        Very true. But is this an inherent trait of the world, or is there some path forward that would change or mitigate this fact?