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Is there a concept of 'imperialist realism'? As in, similar to capitalist realism concept except the default state is imperialism (hexbear.net)
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I feel like this has been a concept for a long time within imperialist studies, but I can't find it. Surely it's a thing. What would you call it?

EDIT: thanks for all the brilliant responses

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[–] 7 points 2 years ago

The weak Sapir-Whorf hypothesis has entered the chat

If you examine our words for countries or areas of land, most of them derive from the idea of monarchy and nobility.

Not just Kingdom and Duchy, but also Region, Realm, Domain, County, Principality, and a few others. Even Province evokes conquest. It seems the main exception is Territory.

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