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minus-squareRiverRock@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months agoIt’s only imperialist if it’s actually harmful and extractive. Otherwise all mutual aid is imperialist, Cuba sending doctors throughout the world is imperialist, disaster relief organizations are imperialist. It’s nonsense
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·2 months agoChina is not building up African infrastructure out of the kindness of their hearts, and I’m pretty sure you know this.
minus-squareRiverRock@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoTragic: the capitalism-poisoned western mind literally cannot concieve of a mutually beneficial arrangement
It’s only imperialist if it’s actually harmful and extractive. Otherwise all mutual aid is imperialist, Cuba sending doctors throughout the world is imperialist, disaster relief organizations are imperialist. It’s nonsense
China is not building up African infrastructure out of the kindness of their hearts, and I’m pretty sure you know this.
Tragic: the capitalism-poisoned western mind literally cannot concieve of a mutually beneficial arrangement