The PRC is helping kill Balochi and Burmese to keep it's access to resources in those areas in the 21st century.
Which is far fewer than US imperialism across any comparible time scale.
Now it's all about economic exploitation, backed by the threat of military force and covert manipulation of local government. It's a much more efficient and cost effective. And when everything of value has been exploited, you can just walk away claiming they were never a colony and it's not your problem.
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bitteroldcoot@piefed.social · 36 pts · 83d
It’s hard to tell which person in that conversation is the USA and which one is China.
Or is it the eu, or Israel, or Russia, or……
Oh just never mind. I’ll show myself out.
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net · 8 pts · 83d
All of the above.
Calfpupa@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 83d
How many have the Chinese killed because they won't trade resources?
Semjeza@fedinsfw.app · 3 pts · 83d
The PRC is helping kill Balochi and Burmese to keep it's access to resources in those areas in the 21st century.
Which is far fewer than US imperialism across any comparible time scale.
Over the last 5,000 years: millions.
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 83d
Millions? As long as you consider slave labor as a resource.
ladicius@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 83d
This comic is not about colonialism.
QuandaleDingle@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 83d
It's not?
bitteroldcoot@piefed.social · 13 pts · 83d
Colonialism is so last century.
Now it's all about economic exploitation, backed by the threat of military force and covert manipulation of local government. It's a much more efficient and cost effective. And when everything of value has been exploited, you can just walk away claiming they were never a colony and it's not your problem.
Calfpupa@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 83d
Now we have neocolonialism!