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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 08:15 AM Original message |
American Imperialism until the end of time? |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
1. How many even know what imperialism is? |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 08:19 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. That´s a good question. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 08:48 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Let's see the responses to this thread first. |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 10:57 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Was it the boring OP? |
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shenmue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
2. What empire is it we're supposed to have? |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 08:20 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Your timing is impeccable. |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 12:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I agree. |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 02:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
30. A lot worse??? The Roman empire left a wonderful legacy of |
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knight_of_the_star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 03:00 AM Response to Reply #30 |
40. Let's not forget two beautiful jobs the British did |
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DangerDave921 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
8. what is imperialism? |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 12:31 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Imperialism as in |
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DangerDave921 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 12:37 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Still not clear |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 12:41 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. No, most governments make their best effort to take |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 02:23 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. interesting usage of the word "most" |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 02:11 PM Response to Reply #11 |
54. That's only because other countries don't have the resources we have |
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tuckessee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 12:45 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Iraq is a perfect example. |
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DangerDave921 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 02:16 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Yes I am |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 01:32 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Maybe this will help. It's from Webster's Pocket Dictionary. |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 01:35 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Thanks mmonk for the practical definition. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 01:51 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. I have no idea. |
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DangerDave921 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 02:17 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Not so black and white |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 11:08 AM Response to Reply #19 |
41. What makes us exceptional? |
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DangerDave921 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 12:38 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. here are a few |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 02:06 PM Response to Reply #44 |
52. Pretty much like Western Europe... |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 02:18 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. O'Sullivan on Manifest Destiny 1839 |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
15. If it wasn't our empire, it would be another empire |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 01:54 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Sounds like you agree with American Imperialism. |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 02:32 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. I do no agree with imperialism |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 02:37 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. If I remember correctly, |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 03:05 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. I did say that I'm not pro-empire, right? |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 03:08 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Recognize, respect, and celebrate diversity! |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 12:54 PM Response to Reply #33 |
47. It would be good if the world were like that |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 02:09 PM Response to Reply #31 |
53. Might I suggest Paul Kennedy's 'Rise and Fall of the Great Powers'? |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 06:01 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. What's your thoughts on the Swedish empire? |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 12:58 PM Response to Reply #36 |
48. Well the Vikings did decently for a while |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 02:27 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. we have no empire to support |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 02:43 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. What we live in is not an "American" empire |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 03:07 PM Response to Reply #24 |
32. The British actually did very little 'conquering'. They instead co-opted |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 11:23 AM Response to Reply #24 |
42. We have 700+ military bases in foreign countries. |
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sicksicksick_N_tired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 02:47 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. "Imperialism is the only way *this* world can work"?! Says who?! |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 02:57 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Thanks for the "dropping jaws", |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #28 |
46. How does the entity we know as America exist without imperialism? |
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sicksicksick_N_tired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 01:58 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. I realize it never occurs to the neocons this country and world CAN flourish without imperialism. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
21. Should the human race die off from the looming catastrophe of global warming climate change, |
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sicksicksick_N_tired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
23. There are DUers supportive of U.S. Imperialism? |
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Mik T (105 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 04:20 PM Response to Reply #23 |
34. I think you can look at the Venezuela issue as sort of a bellwether |
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sicksicksick_N_tired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 05:09 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Yes BUT,...most Americans aren't informed about the facts on the corporacrats. |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
37. Yes, we are an empire. |
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HummanaHummana (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
38. Lets go back to Isolationism. |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 02:58 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Your comments imply that the rest of the world |
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sicksicksick_N_tired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 11:23 AM Response to Reply #38 |
43. As if the ONLY choices are either imperialism or isolationism? That's just silly. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
45. i think our current government is interested in ongoing imperialism....i don't support them |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 01:46 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. Thanks for the direct answer. I don´t support them either. |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
51. It transcends "American" |
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Mik T (105 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 02:44 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. Here's how the imperial corporatocracy thing works |
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