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This is an excellent thread, but I wanted to also point out how chauvinistic it is to default to Lenin's definition of imperialism when it's, frankly, not the only one t.co/fOvrLvfeFJOn twitter.com
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For example, Kotoku Shusui defined imperialism in terms of the Japanese empire and its expansion in the early 1900s (20 years before Lenin) and compared it with the same Western powers Lenin analyzed. I still need to read this personally theanarchistlibrary.org/library/shusui-kotoku-imperialismPermalink On twitter.com
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It's just kinda weird to go "Is China imperialist? Let's consult Lenin, one of the people Chinese socialist ideology is based around"Permalink On twitter.com