Babe you can redefine the words but that doesn't change the morality of what's going on here. This is a blatantly unprovoked territorial land grab with explicitly genocidal war aims that none of the Russian people asked for because the king said so. Old world empire shit. Which is bad.

Call me an anarchist, but I think kings should be dragged down into coal mines with their families and shot until you run out of bullets. Not worshipped.

[–] FreudianCafe@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Your understanding of imperialism is different from mine. If you want to learn about it i suggest Lenin's book "Imperialism"

[–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

I don't really care about how you define the word. The thing happening is bad and the people doing it are bad. Use another word for it if you like; it's bad. I call it imperialism, but the name doesn't really matter here. 'Read theory' does not make unprovoked genocide acceptable, and if you think you do, you're a reactionary idealist who can't think for yourself.

[–] FreudianCafe@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 weeks ago

Yes