• wheezy@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        4 days ago

        “Westernized” usually means just Imperialism. Installing a loyal right wing ruler or party that will allow the western capitalist to exploit its workers and resources for profits.

        Fascism is Imperialism coming home. Ironically, we are becoming MORE westernized by that definition.

        • Pup Biru@aussie.zoneEnglish
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          3 days ago

          whilst that’s certainly 1 interpretation, there’s also a bunch of other facets

          what people are usually referring to is cultural similarity

          it could be argued that said cultural similarities is due to imperialism, but almost all of human history is imperialism if you look deep enough and it’s not useful to just label everything like that

          in fact, using imperialism in an over-broad way blunts any discussion on the very real, and to-this-day continuing effects

  • saltesc@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    I keep thinking of the scene from Forest Gump and how he’d probably just get shot now, then Jenny as she’s caught wading through a Federal monument, before the crowd gets opened up on for insighting terror.

    The news the next day, some old guy no one knows labelled as a guest expert, “These terrorist groups hide behind terms like “peaceful” and “gathering” but it was an all out attack on America.”