PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to A Comm for Historymemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 hours agoSo help me, find me a non-imperialist country or I'll 'civilize' every last one of these hostages!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1229arrow-down114
arrow-up1215arrow-down1imageSo help me, find me a non-imperialist country or I'll 'civilize' every last one of these hostages!lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to A Comm for Historymemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 hours agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squareDasus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·18 hours agoMost counties which formed by separating from an empire. I mean, I guess you’d need to narrow the definition a bit. I was thinking of a lot of former colonialised nations, but lots of those also have history of conquest before they became colonised. Then Finland? Well, by our actions, pretty much. But O can’t say that it was because people didn’t want to. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Finland Perhaps “proto-imperialist” would be better suited to describe that. Well, irredentist, officially. (Rather rare, didn’t know that word.)
minus-squareMudMan@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up10·18 hours agoBit of a problem there, yeah. This hostage taker needs to define both “imperialist” and “country”, or I’m shoving his ass into 2006-founded Montenegro and accepting zero complaints about it.
Most counties which formed by separating from an empire.
I mean, I guess you’d need to narrow the definition a bit.
I was thinking of a lot of former colonialised nations, but lots of those also have history of conquest before they became colonised.
Then Finland? Well, by our actions, pretty much. But O can’t say that it was because people didn’t want to.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Finland
Perhaps “proto-imperialist” would be better suited to describe that. Well, irredentist, officially. (Rather rare, didn’t know that word.)
Bit of a problem there, yeah. This hostage taker needs to define both “imperialist” and “country”, or I’m shoving his ass into 2006-founded Montenegro and accepting zero complaints about it.