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If You Buy Into The Anti-China Propaganda You’re Just A Stupid Asshole (caitlinjohnstone.com.au)
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[–] 5 points 3 months ago (1 child)

That's an opinion piece, I disagree with the quoted bit as I don't think people calling Russia imperialist are doing so because they believe we exist in an era of financial capital, etc etc, I think they say Russia is imperialist because they're trying to equate the western empire to Russia and I don't think they're the same in scale or in character, even if I don't think Russia is moral or whatever.

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  • [–] -1 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

    So are you disagreeing with Russia being an imperialist power or with people using that cynically to minimize American Empire? Because I've never remotely equated the two, so what's the disagreement here.

    It's a very comprehensive analysis utilizing Lenin's theory on imperialism within the framework of contemporary global capitalism. If you weren't disagreeing with Russia being imperialist based on a Marxist definition, then I'm not clear what you're arguing on. Since in practice, Russia's belligerent actions on-the-ground in Ukraine are clearly imperialist. Did you have an actual critique of the article? Because otherwise this conversation just seems unproductive.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    Did you have an actual critique of the article? Because otherwise this conversation just seems unproductive.

    6 days later and the Tankie has no answer, big shock. These are the people screaming read theory.

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