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Trump says that the US Navy are pirates. "We took over the ship. We took over the cargo, took over the oil. It's a very profitable business." "We're like pirates" (www.aljazeera.com)
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[–] 83 points 4 months ago (4 children)

it's because the primary contradiction in the world today is between imperialism and anti-imperialism

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  • [–] 14 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Thats a better perspective. We're still very much in the dark ages of governance tho.

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  • [–] 43 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Since the beginning of the conflict I have a growing suspicion that Iran is more modern and bottom-up that the west wants to admit. I share the sentiment about a holy book being the main framework for politics but the clergy in power in Iran today is more capable of materialist analysis than liberal politicians

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  • [–] 26 points 4 months ago

    And imperialism promotes theocratic attitudes in places that are subjugated. A society can't progress when, well, it's progress is stopped by imperialism. This is a truism but people still ignore it and smear developing countries while ignoring the circumstances

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