• Deestan@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    I, too, can win arguments by redefining words.

    Water flows downhill, you say? Acually “flow” means to boil onions in a furnace, so you are utterly wrong.

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    “Its only an imperialist invasion if it comes from the capitol region of Washington DC, everything else is just sparkling special operations”

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    Imperialism, which reached its crescendo before modern capitalism took hold? The Imperialism whose empires all fell as capitalism spread to the countries they ruled?

    Don’t get me wrong, that’s an equally bad hot take, but if you’re going to boil history down to a tarry sludge, it’s more accurate than that guy’s fever-dream.