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So help me, find me a non-imperialist country or I'll 'civilize' every last one of these hostages! (lemmy.world)
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[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Korea had the longest unbroken chain of slavery of any society in human history, spanning over 1500 years.

[–] Geobloke@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

How does slavery make a nation an empire?

[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 2 points 5 months ago

In spirit I suppose. But they have been an empire for a while: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Empire