• SwampYankee@mander.xyz
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      1 year ago

      Brutal extraction isn’t unique to colonialism either. Colonialism is just ancient imperialism with boats.

      That said, imperialism has never been moral and we shouldn’t excuse contemporary imperialists, just like we’d probably be appalled at the exploits of Julius Caesar during the Gallic Wars if we weren’t so far removed from them.