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A picture of the Ben Affleck Smoking meme, with the caption “Me seeing people on reddit telling other people to go to lemmy.world”

  • irelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.eeOP
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    1 day ago

    By nazi country, I meant ruled by nazis. Sorry if that was unclear.

    Even if Ukraine has a “nazi problem” russia’s invasion is nothing but imperialism.

    • ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      1 day ago

      I appreciate the clarification, the trap of assuming class unity within a country is one that these conversations unfortunately fall into easily.

      I have to ask though, what imperialism means to you. It wasn’t too long ago that most people made fun of communists for using the word, and now it’s a popular word to use but I never see it defined. What’s your understanding of it?

      Also, why do you put nazi problem in quotes, as if to distance yourself from accepting the idea?

      • irelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.eeOP
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        9 hours ago

        Also, why do you put nazi problem in quotes, as if to distance yourself from accepting the idea?

        Yes, that is why.

        what imperialism means to you

        Pretty much the same as the definition google spits out:

        a policy of extending a country's power and influence through colonization, use of military force, or other means