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... You can't call it colonialism without force. That's just diluting the language. Words have meaning, and just because someone is doing something you don't like, you don't get to tag it with any random label picked out of the bin of evils.
by Thomas on Wed Nov 5th, 2014 at 10:36:38 PM EST
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You mean to imply that there is no force involved in China's acquisition of raw materials from the American colonies?

- Jake

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by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Thu Nov 6th, 2014 at 12:24:36 PM EST
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Russia, China are just adopting the force of Western rules, precedents. See Kosovo and Crimea, for example.
by das monde on Thu Nov 6th, 2014 at 06:32:33 PM EST
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