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[–] judgeholden@hexbear.net 78 points 1 year ago (3 children)

yeah but they never annexed any land, so it's ok or something

[–] redhydride@lemmy.ml 33 points 1 year ago

Yep, it's all good as long as land wasn't annexed

[–] ComradeChairmanKGB@lemmygrad.ml 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Who needs to formally annex land when you can install a puppet government, set up military bases for your decades long occupation, and rebuild the economy under the yoke of your own corporations.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Nearly all the benefits but small part of costs of the traditional empire.

And tankies says capitalism bring no progress smh (/s)

[–] Fuckass@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago

What do you mean? Israel is the 51st state, and Saudi Arabia was going to become the 52nd before they became tankies