• Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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      Reread my comment:

      Those on the imperialized end cannot themselves really become imperialist, and the total capital to be imperialized is limited, so you end up with nationalist countries that aren’t imperialist because there’s nothing left to imperialize, but this stays at a crossroads where imperialist countries threaten you into opening up your capital markets to be imperialized.

      The global south is imperialized. The most they can do is become nationalist and kick out imperialists, they can’t really become imperialist themselves. They would if they could. Assuming, of course, they don’t become socialist in the process of kicking out the imperialists.

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        So it would be the case if it were the case but it is not the case and you are still somehow correct?

        That makes no sense. Thus it isn’t happening in most nations and your claim is fraudulent.

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          If I say you need enough heat, fuel, and oxygen to start a fire, and you say if you don’t have heat you don’t have fire, I’m still correct. I have never once said that the global south is imperialist, I said the opposite.

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            Yes you claimed that the global south which you are claiming is liberal and is also not engaging in imperialism so by your own logic most nations that are liberal are not engaging in these actions.

            Your whole argument rests on that essentially flawed notion.

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              13 hours ago

              It isn’t a flawed notion. Capitalism necessarily leads to imperialism if there is room for it, and if there isn’t, it leads to you either becoming nationalist, socialist, or imperialized. These are not conflicting ideas. You’re very confused.

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                You claim that this is happening most of the time. I point out that the nom-imperialist nations, which make up the majority if the liberal nations, are not doing this so from a sheer numerical perspective your claim is flawed as most are not doing this.

                Ypu can try to shift the goalposts but if the non-imperialistic liberal nations are the larger group then your claim cannot be true because factually speaking it us not happening in most liberal nations.

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                  Just because this point still seems to not be getting through:

                  If I say you need enough heat, fuel, and oxygen to start a fire, and you say if you don’t have heat you don’t have fire, I’m still correct. I have never once said that the global south is imperialist, I said the opposite.

                  No goalposts shifted. This has been my point from the very beginning.

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                    That is the shifting of the goalposts because you initially claim that this imperialism is happening in most nations and now you are claiming it would happen if it could which means it is not actually happening thus your claim is inherently flawed