@thewokebloke: It’s pretty simple actually #leftist #liberal #politics #imperialism

SpicyCabbage213 :

It's honestly hilarious how "America bad" sounds so awful of a view to have on paper but you read into it and you find that it's objectively correct like 95% of the time

Henry :

Rules of anti-imperialism: 1. Sovereignty is a precondition 2. What's good for the slave is bad for the slave master. 3. America Bad, yes, in every single case. If you don't think 3 is the case, you either don't understand the conflict or you don't understand the US' true role in it.

andstand :

And once one grasps that, they should follow that same logic in our own system domestically. A billionaire doesn’t do anything for the benefit of the people, only to advance their own self-interests. Hell, you can apply this to the average business owner and their laborers. Each scenario containing its own set of manufactured consent for abuse and harm.

willz.talks :

Ugh this ate so many time goddamn

coolbear :

first one isnt true american intrest dosent mean anything 2 usa used to before trump help Ukraine fight back against russian imperlism. americans are People and they care about other

Blake T :

But but daaaad, I want to feel morally superior to a group of people we've systematically pushed down.

YourFavoriteGuy :

its unfair you dont have millions of views

sovietsasha :

Zelda :

LOL! This is actually really good advice!

koalasenpai1598 :

How tf can someone convince someone who believes in the necessity of things like the Monroe doctrine. I fear it’s a fundamental moral issue for a lot of people.

Taren :

Does this take into account the actions of the other big players on the world stage?

goofyallday :

it's not even to advance the interests of the United States tho. it's just for a small number of billionaires to profit and we pay taxes for those operations. all these foreign policy decisions are destroying America's soft power while our economic strength is failing.

clearwingfan☢️ :

Also remember imperialism is a system not just actions, US allies especially in NATO benefit a ton

malachi.prxtty :

absolutely comrade

ftheu.sempire :

This. Talk about stuff like this. Awesome 👏

TheOptimisticCynic :

PERIOD. there is no simpler set of rules

balilio :

I’m from the global south and I agree 🙌🙌🙌

willz.talks :

Deeply good editorial lines

tedge13 :

The book killing hope really opened my eyes. I just read off the chapter lists to people and they’re like good gord

lyon-77 :

China as well... China is still divided because of the US, very similar to North and South Korea

JalaPeñoBeppers :

Quick. Clear. Beautiful take.

Christo_isms(Bozos version) :

*2 million is the high estimate on Iraq casualties.*

Tender Vittles :

People will dig through mounds of bodies just to find some tiny nugget that suggests the US did something good for another country and use that as justification.

RaggleRock :

major underestimate of the number of Iraqi deaths but otherwise 100% based and correct

Simukai03 :

If power is the ability to exert your will, why should we empower certain ‘oppressed’ groups if we know that their will is to inflict that same oppression on to others? I think anti-imperialists should really think about what motivates their positions and opinions. Because for many, it’s not altruism.