You do realize that imperialism is the practice of one national entity taking control of another national entity - with or without the permission/ consent of the people in that other national entity? It has been, without exception, bloody, destructive, and demeaning for the entity being taken over.
Thank you. *blinking over here at "imperialism's ideals" -- which is what, exactly, aside from trying to take over the world whether the rest of the world wants it or not?
Plus, the "central, unified world" thing has, to me, connotations of white people = civilized and brown people = in need of saving. But maybe I'm reading too much into it.
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Re: Not to join the ranks of the ridiculous, but...
Date: 2010-03-16 03:58 am (UTC)Thank you. *blinking over here at "imperialism's ideals" -- which is what, exactly, aside from trying to take over the world whether the rest of the world wants it or not?
Plus, the "central, unified world" thing has, to me, connotations of white people = civilized and brown people = in need of saving. But maybe I'm reading too much into it.