• squirmy_wormy@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      No it isn’t. That is corporatocracy. Imperialism is a policy of extending a country’s power and influence through diplomacy or military force.

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        Let me get this right.

        You don’t think the British East Indian Company’s conquest of India was imperialism either?

        Because it wasn’t technically the state doing it.

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            10 months ago

            You know what, I deserve this conversation. I’ve trolled people with “It can’t be imperialism because we’re a republic” before, this is just karma.

            On the off chance that you’re not just trolling, no, it isn’t, because your definition sucks and is deliberately limited so you can be a pedantic yet incorrect twat about some of history’s greatest crimes.

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              No I’m not being a troll. And it’s not my definition, it’s the actual meaning of the word. Words - especially when used in emotionally charged contexts - have meaning and when they are misused to make a nice little sound bite, it dilutes the power they have. I don’t like when people do that.

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      Over a hunderd years ago… but I get the point. Also not the OP you were replying to before.