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You are allowed to call the Crusades , Imperialism. it is a Thing (hexbear.net)
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[–] emizeko@hexbear.net 13 points 10 months ago (4 children)

I prefer Lenin's definition of imperialism

[–] featured@hexbear.net 15 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Lenin’s definition is imperialism in the capitalist era. Prior periods of development had similar phenomena of groups invading others to exploit them for labor, resources, and wealth and send those exploits back to some core area. I think it’s fair to use the colloquial form of the word when analyzing those events

[–] emizeko@hexbear.net 12 points 10 months ago

liberals already think "imperalism is when war" and I'm not going to muddy the word to help them

[–] Maoo@hexbear.net 12 points 10 months ago

I'm always waiting on the sidelines desperately hoping for the chance to yell, "mercantilism!"

[–] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 7 points 10 months ago

Conquering neighbors to establish relationships of tribute was extremely common across the world during the medieval period. Do we call that tribute a part of imperialism?