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  • Yes? I don't know where this thread is going.

  • Imperialism is when a country (or any political group, I guess) pushes their worldview onto others. That's without looking anything up so I may have forgotten some aspect.

    ...

    Okay, I looked it up. I agree with the definition I found that says it's more about exerting power than just "worldview". That seems like a better definition.

  • Okay. So you see what I'm saying then. Imperialists do this stuff.

  • Ah. Google Translate comes through. I think the relevant part is where they say (machine translated): "Mainly due to the mistakes of the "Great Leap Forward" and the "Anti-Rightist Movement", coupled with natural disasters at the time and the Soviet government's treacherous breach of the contract, my country's national economy encountered serious difficulties from 1959 to 1961, and the country and the people suffered heavy losses."

  • There is literally no link I could have found that would not have triggered your criticism. There is literally no Western media outlet that would not be labeled "empire-sanctioned" by you.

  • According to a Wikipedia article, "After the launch of Reform and opening up, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officially stated in June 1981 that the famine was mainly due to the mistakes of the Great Leap Forward as well as the Anti-Right Deviation Struggle, in addition to some natural disasters and the Sino-Soviet split."

    The official statement is here, but I don't read Chinese.

  • Nothing bad ever happens under the umbrella of communism.

  • Minnesota @midwest.social

    Strongest data protection laws in the country

    minnesotareformer.com /briefs/landmark-data-privacy-law-goes-into-effect-july-31/
  • Canada? I can't find a reference to where we've "invaded, bombed, couped, supported dictators, supported terrorists and/or interfered in elections" in Canada since 1900. Nor Greenland, though we did put nuclear weapons there without being clear about it, if that counts.

  • I guess. I still think there's a difference between DFW and, say, the Twin Cities. You won't catch me living in Texas.

  • Quotes @lemmygrad.ml

    It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting...

  • But still, the cities on the list are all cities in red states. That's weird.

  • Hmm. That's an interesting theory.

  • No need to bring libertarians into this.

  • Right here. Scroll down for the list of cities most people are moving to. They're all red. (Or, charitably, blueish spots surrounded by red.)

    People must be moving there for some kind of reason. There's jobs. They're safe. They have stuff to do. Some kind of reason.

  • But OP asked about "decades ago". What if humanity was actually making progress in the 20th century, becoming better, and now we're backsliding to where we were during gladiator times?

  • When I'm in a male dominated space and a woman joins, I feel myself over-compensating in trying to be welcoming to the woman. I want to be the "good guy". I sort of feel like I should make that effort. But also I'd rather just get on with it and not have to think about it.

  • We use expensive vendor software at work that uses bitnami images in their Helm chart. I hope they know about this.

  • He would have been President if not for Obama!

  • Playskool

  • Linux @lemmy.ml

    the order of redirections is significant

  • Today I Learned @lemmy.world

    TIL who the Druze are

  • Today I Learned @lemmy.world

    TIL Supremes Opinions

  • pics @lemmy.world

    Auguste Rodin, complete zaddy even at 62

  • pics @lemmy.world

    Algoma Buffalo in Duluth

  • pics @lemmy.world

    Algoma Buffalo in Duluth

  • Wilmington, NC @lemmy.sdf.org

    How's Wilmington?

  • Iowa @midwest.social

    Investigators find 11 children working 'dangerous' overnight cleaning shift in Iowa meat processing plant

    www.nbcnews.com /news/us-news/investigators-found-11-children-working-dangerous-overnight-cleaning-s-rcna182587
  • Sysadmin @lemmy.world

    De-escalation

  • News @lemmy.world

    Dutch suburb where residents must grow food on at least half of their property

    www.theguardian.com /environment/2024/nov/28/oosterwold-dutch-suburb-where-residents-must-grow-food-on-at-least-half-of-their-property
  • News @lemmy.world

    Black Friday hits a record $74.4B in sales online, up 5% on last year

    www.msn.com /en-us/money/markets/black-friday-hits-a-record-744b-in-sales-online-up-5-on-last-year/ar-AA1v262V
  • Today I Learned @lemmy.world

    Bretton Woods System & Petrodollar

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world

    When you die, what do you want to be done with you?

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world

    If I were suddenly banned from a community but I don't know why, how would I find out?

  • Polyamory @lemmy.world

    Fledgling, by Octavia E. Butler

  • Sysadmin @lemmy.world

    Remember kids, it's read-only Friday today.

  • News @lemmy.world

    Pakistan tests secret China-like ‘firewall’ to tighten online surveillance

    www.aljazeera.com /news/2024/11/26/pakistan-tests-china-like-digital-firewall-to-tighten-online-surveillance
  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world

    What is the central tenet(s) of political anarchism? What makes a political philosophy anarchism vs something else?