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minus-squareDragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down7·edit-21 month 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.
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minus-squareDragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoSo imperialism is okay when you have a de jure cassus belli?
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minus-squareDragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month 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?
minus-squareAntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·edit-230 days agoRemoved by mod
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.
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So imperialism is okay when you have a de jure cassus belli?
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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?
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