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[–] DerKommissar@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Since I know you're gonna be a pedantic little weasel about this otherwise, here's my list of things that I consider 'bad', to minimize and compartmentalize my views into your narrow little field of cope: any and all nations that profited, from the colonial age to modernity, off of the trade of African slaves, or off the extraction of resources from a motherland they have already spent 400+ years fundamentally violating. America, Europe, Spain, Portugal, France, every single fuckin' one of the Nordics, all of them.

Beyond that, I consider all settler-colonies said white settlers have spawned since the colonial era 'bad'-- which is to say, Israel too. I think you'll find that's a great deal many more than just two-- they're just not the people you want me to be sharpening a spear for.

And westerners-- American, european, doesn't matter which-- have not given me reason to extend the benefit of the doubt in over a year that they aren't zionist settlers or waterbearers for such. After all, most westerners are settlers themselves; and birds of a shit feather often flock together.

Fact of the matter is, our definitions of "imperialism" are two different definitions. You crutch yourself on the ignorant neoliberal definition, that "anti-imperialism" is just "against ALL empires"-- a naive, idealist stance. MY definition of "anti-imperialism" stands against the settlerdom I have been forced to live under the thumb of, all my life.

You are manifestly unserious.