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I agree. China and Russia aren't enemies

But now? Classical Imperialism is a zero sum game where the invading party usually gets involved in an aeons long quagmire with an assortment of various insurgents, and ends up spending more money on the war than they would even get from the resources. When the British and Spanish conquered half the world, those tribes didn't have assault rifles, IEDs, and technicals. 3 trillion was spent on Iraq for a military failure, 2 trillion was spent on Afghanistan for a military failure, 1 trillion (adjusted) was spent on Vietnam for a military failure. Clearly, this isn't working. Sure, if everything is clean cut and Venezuela doesn't split into a million factions, it can work. If it *does* follow the same path as everywhere else though, expect trillions to be spent on yet another military failure. Clearly, something has to be adjusted here.

I'd argue that classical Imperialism was already putting the final nail in its coffin when Japan got into their own pointless and unwinnable war against Chinese insurgents. The sino Japanese war was more or less the ancestor of all future imperialistic military failures.

But there's something that can aptly be called neo-imperialism, which is more or less exactly what china does in africa. Make yourself a beneficiary and sap resources out of the nation without ever even firing a shot, because their governments just let you do it.

Furthermore, I consider that Israel must be destroyed

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EVERY war since ww2 was a failure, specifically BECAUSE we left "imperialism" behind. They were money grabs to anyone who could siphon as much as possible away from the taxpayer, just like our short term life pong politicians. Open imperialism breeds real patriotism and a tighter control on spending. Empires have accountability baked in. They fall when they forego that accountability and allow for parasites and self serving weak men to gain power, and they do it through the erosion of integrity in their culture. Those wars would've pasted a handful of DAYS and cost almost nothing if we had simply stayed 'we are now in control of this territory'. Korea Vietnam you name it. All from our attempt to hide imperialism with a veneer of civility. That obfuscation is what allows for the slime molds to grow in our system.