• BB69@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Copy pasting what I said elsewhere:

    Not every invasion is imperialism.

    It was a stupid decision by a leader trying to cement his legacy by repairing the USSR and attempting to restore the lost power of years past.

    Imperialism is expansion in to previously unoccupied lands. Scramble for Africa. Roman expansion. Colonization of the Americas.

    Not invading a satellite of years past first through clandestine methods then with a true military force.

    Calling everything imperialism is incorrect. It’s no different than calling somebody a Nazi because of a racist statement. It dilutes the meaning of the word.

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      10 months ago

      Imperialism is expansion in to previously unoccupied lands.

      By that definition the only imperialism in the last centuries was in Antarctica.

      Scramble for Africa. Roman expansion. Colonization of the Americas.

      Invading other societies with the purpose of acquiring their resources and people sound imperialists to me, same with Russia.

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        10 months ago

        Colonialism is a form of imperialism but imperialism isn’t always colonization. Read the comment I just made, or study the history of the USSR up to now to understand motivations for the actions.