I think I am largely done, I’m not trying to go back and forth with you forever.
To me, it seems like this definition of imperialism doesn’t match with what you were saying earlier (being mainly about economic exploitation of the global south)… I mean, unless do you count China as part of the global south? Certainly sending weapons to Israel isn’t a good thing, but it’s not really an explicitly economic one, and he’s done more to break away from the US’s longstanding alliance with Israel than any other recent president. IDK, not that any of that excuses sending them a bunch of fucking weapons and providing them cover at the UN.
I don’t think the recent tariffs on China are at all the most noteworthy thing Biden has done global-trade-wise. I feel honestly like you’re just including that because it’s been in the news recently. Probably Biden’s most impactful action on megacorps overall was the 15% minimum corporate tax which e.g. practically doubled Amazon’s taxes, which revenue he used to boost domestic manufacturing, all of which is the exact opposite of imperialism as you previously defined it.
IDK man. Like I say I sorta lost my motivation for the back and forth. I was just curious about your viewpoint and I enjoy a certain amount of this type of debate / discussion.
Interesting
I think I am largely done, I’m not trying to go back and forth with you forever.
To me, it seems like this definition of imperialism doesn’t match with what you were saying earlier (being mainly about economic exploitation of the global south)… I mean, unless do you count China as part of the global south? Certainly sending weapons to Israel isn’t a good thing, but it’s not really an explicitly economic one, and he’s done more to break away from the US’s longstanding alliance with Israel than any other recent president. IDK, not that any of that excuses sending them a bunch of fucking weapons and providing them cover at the UN.
I don’t think the recent tariffs on China are at all the most noteworthy thing Biden has done global-trade-wise. I feel honestly like you’re just including that because it’s been in the news recently. Probably Biden’s most impactful action on megacorps overall was the 15% minimum corporate tax which e.g. practically doubled Amazon’s taxes, which revenue he used to boost domestic manufacturing, all of which is the exact opposite of imperialism as you previously defined it.
IDK man. Like I say I sorta lost my motivation for the back and forth. I was just curious about your viewpoint and I enjoy a certain amount of this type of debate / discussion.
Support for Israel is purely economic. Why do you think the US funds genocide? For fun?
Continuing to allow global megacorps to support slave conditions outside the US is Imperialism.
I never said they were the most significant, you asked for examples.
It seems more that you just don’t care and have been fishing for a gotcha.