• spacedout@lemmy.ml
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    3 hours ago

    Sorry for being snarky… Of course modern China is an empire. Just without overseas military bases. A soft empire, one might say.

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        44 minutes ago

        4 Chinese bases, as compared to 800 or so US bases. And what is the death toll of Chinese military interventions since the second World War? Not sure, but it certainly isn’t racking up to the millions upon millions killed by US foreign intervention. Like the other commenter is saying, don’t support nation states, good on you. But doing bothsidesism and false balances when talking about Empire is absurd. Like calling US empire ‘less problematic’ 🤡