Comrade Bee

Sometimes human nature tries to trip us up but we can be consciously aware of these things and actively work to train yourself to avoid them. Studies show that people trust others more the more similar they look and a reverse correlation between looking different and distrusting people is also true. Letting that run wild leads to things like racism. Being cognizant of it allows you to avoid the trap. That’s just one example.

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That’s a bold lie to tell.

Lol, that was perhaps the least controversial thing I’ve ever posted that got removed by a mod.

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Imperialism refers to a specific stage of capitalism

Then you’ve redefined the term Imperialism.

Russia steals the surplus value for within it’s borders, the US steals surplus value from beyond it’s borders. Like I said, Russia does everything the US does just not as extensively.

but it’s a good starting point to ask ‘is this war for profit or some other reason?’.

Always an important question to ask but if Cowbee does mean that, then they should use the modifier to signify that they are talking about economic imperialism and not about Imperialism Imperialism.

That’s a laugh. Putin and his political machine have expressed a desire to return to the days of the Russian Empire and has engaged in acts of conquest to that effect.

Russia is a mirror image of the US. While Anglo-Saxons were pushing west across North America, conquering indigenous peoples, Russians were pushing east out of Europe into Asia conquering indigenous peoples. They’re both dysfunctional countries with dysfunctional world views.

That’s like an onion, just layers of naive. Russia has had imperial ambitions on Ukraine for a while and thinking that they care at all about the “liberation” of Donetsk and Luhansk is crazy talk.

The inconsistent part is giving a free pass to Russia when they do everything the US does just not as extensively.