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The west assisting the USSR in defeating the Nazis is good influence, and "imperialist" according to your definition. Same with the Statesian north abolishing slavery in the Statesian south (similar to the PLA abolishing slavery and serfdom in Tibet). Western influence isn't overwhelmingly negative because it's western or influence, but because the west is "extractionary imperialist" and this influence nearly always is in service of that, such as kidnapping Maduro in order to steal Venezuela's oil.