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I mean…what? No. It’s just foolish to attribute this to something extraordinary about US imperialism. There are plenty of actual things about US imperialism that need criticizing. We live in a globalized world, whether we like it or not. Pointing to something that is otherwise completely ordinary about today’s world as something extraordinary is…stupid.
I’m with you, I wish the world was full of anarcho-syndicalist peacemakers living in harmony. But we don’t. If we want this particular aspect to change about today’s world, we need to revert back to pre-industrial technology and a completely different world order. I’m all for that. But it’s not realistic right now.
Like, I get what you’re saying. Military might of industrialized superpowers is troubling and I wish it didn’t exist. Shit, I wish the concept of states didn’t exist. But picking this out of the incredibly complex system of today is like…hating the concept of murder and saying, “look at all these ice picks!” Like…sure. Those things are tied together, but it’s just nonsensical to get hung up on this otherwise kinda normal thing.