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Amerikkka land of the jailed (But China is defo AuThOrITarIAn!!) (lemmy.ml)

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[–] Equality_Executor@lemmy.ml 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You might be interested in a book by Lenin titled: "Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism".

[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip -3 points 10 months ago

That's cool and all but still irrelevant to the original point. You can be authoritarian to your own citizens domestically without invading other nations.

The US is both imperialist and authoritarian.