• DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe
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    10 months ago

    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.