• PugJesus@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    Are America’s sanctions on Cuba and Venezuela acts of war?

    Sanctions? No. A blockade? Fuck yes it would be.

    Also you really don’t understand what imperialism is, do you? Imperialism is an economic structure used to extract superprofit from imperialized nations. Annexation and integration are fundamentally different, because China has no plans to turn Taiwan into a labor/resource colony.

    Ah, the “White Man’s Burden” argument, classic as far as imperialist bootlicking goes.

    • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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      11 months ago

      Okay, so you won’t admit the embargo is a blockade.

      Well, why wouldn’t China do the same thing? Treat Taiwan exactly the same as America treats Cuba? That seems likely to me, and actually would be clever from a propaganda standpoint since they could use this to undermine US legitimacy.