• TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Ireland, Poland, Malta, Denmark, Austria, Finland, Sweden, Andorra, Luxembourg and Norway don’t have colonies. And the first three used to be colonies.

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      1 day ago

      some of those you mention engage in imperialism on their neocolonies.

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            24 hours ago

            I know. I came from a post-colonial/neocolonial country. But to treat all Western countries as monolith is utterly ridiculous. It is ironically being racist to dismiss white former colonies as neocolonialist like Poland, Ireland and Malta just because they arw white, isn’t? Frankly, the MLs patronise the global south as if they have no agency in the same way as neoliberal imperialists do. Ask Filipinos and Indians on what they think of CPP-NPA and Naxalites, respectively. MLs would actually get more respect and taken seriously if they aren’t being hypocritical like the neoliberals. ML is just another form of tyranny with a different mask.

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          1 day ago

          of course someone from .world decides to be completely ignorant.

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            2 days ago

            You must be new to dealing with MLs. Nothing “uncalled for” for calling out MLs that keep harping about social democratic countries having neocolonies, when literally these countries have none and some of these countries even used to be colonies.

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              1 day ago

              imperialism doesn’t exist! its a figment of “ML” imagination.

              please get a grip on reality, nevermind we are on an entire thread about it. (and leave my fucking country for once)

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                  ahahahahahahha yeah, because they are grossed out by my country. their presence here is limited to extractivism and destroying our natural reserves.

                  one step closer to the “white genocide” fascists. keep up and you will get there i’m sure.

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                    1 day ago

                    And I am sure that ML presence in former Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Poland Slovenia, India, Afghanistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Ethiopia are not “extractive” for you.

                    “Of course not, they’re my crowd! It’s only bad if we’re not the ones doing it!”

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              2 days ago

              Are you familiar with the process of unequal exchange? It doesn’t require to have or to have had colonies and it doesn’t preclude former colonies from engaging in it. It doesn’t even require a particular country gov’t policy.

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                2 days ago

                I am aware, but the countries i mentioned do not engage in neocolonialism/neoimperialism if that is what you are implying.