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minus-squareDragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down7·edit-218 hours ago without overseas military bases https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_Garrison And if you’re gonna say Hong Kong doesn’t count because it’s already been assimilated into the empire, that’s not great evidence against it being an empire.
minus-squareAntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-26 hours agoTF you mean ‘assimilated’ If I lease you a part of my house (AT GUNPOINT NO LESS) for 10 years am I doing an imperial aggression when I move my stuff back in afterwards?
minus-squareDragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·48 minutes agoSo imperialism is okay when you have a de jure cassus belli?
minus-squareAntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·43 minutes agoI’m strongly of the belief, by reading them in the context provided, that you don’t know what any of those words mean
minus-squareDragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·36 minutes agoImperialism - building an empire by exerting control over foreign powers de jure - by law cassus belli - cause for war So conquering other places is okay when the law says you have a good reason to send soldiers marching down their streets?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_Garrison
And if you’re gonna say Hong Kong doesn’t count because it’s already been assimilated into the empire, that’s not great evidence against it being an empire.
TF you mean ‘assimilated’
If I lease you a part of my house (AT GUNPOINT NO LESS) for 10 years am I doing an imperial aggression when I move my stuff back in afterwards?
So imperialism is okay when you have a de jure cassus belli?
I’m strongly of the belief, by reading them in the context provided, that you don’t know what any of those words mean
Imperialism - building an empire by exerting control over foreign powers
de jure - by law
cassus belli - cause for war
So conquering other places is okay when the law says you have a good reason to send soldiers marching down their streets?