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Is there a concept of 'imperialist realism'? As in, similar to capitalist realism concept except the default state is imperialism (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by MaoTheLawn@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net

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I feel like this has been a concept for a long time within imperialist studies, but I can't find it. Surely it's a thing. What would you call it?

EDIT: thanks for all the brilliant responses

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[–] EelBolshevikism@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think that’s still pretty much “imperialist realism” though, because there’s no actual good reason a communist society couldn’t compete with an imperialist one on a galactic level that I can think of off the top of my head

[–] 420blazeit69@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You're right, they'd just flatten any state that effectively resists imperialism into another kind of empire, like they'll call the Soviet Union an empire.

[–] EelBolshevikism@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

imperialism is when you put habitats on lifeless planets and the more habitats you put on lifeless planets the more imperialisty it is