• foenkyfjutschah@programming.dev
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    8 months ago

    nonono, there’s no democratic imperialism. that’s not aligning with our values that we let Ukrainians die for. please mind the talking points and don’t mention Turkey.

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      8 months ago

      I didn’t bring it up, NeoNachtwaechter did. I simply continued to use the term to point out their hipocrisy.

      However, there certainly is such a thing as democratic imperialism. What else would you call Nixon giving the order to overthrow the newly elected socialist Chilean president Allende in 1970 and then condoning the fascist Pinochet’s coup to power in 1973? Or the USA’s “war on terror” post-9/11 by invading inter alia Iraq and Afghanistan? I could go on.