Post #2868639
2026-05-11 01:27 UTC
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@AGM@lemmy.ca 2026-05-11 04:53
The empire is already here. The US really isn't the empire. It is the power centre of the empire and it's the enforcer of the empire, but it's not the empire. It is one of many states captured by the empire. The empire itself is in the networks of capital and is already supranational. The Black Snake is part of the empire, as is mining, and finance, tech, the arms trade and more. They are all already here. People pit themselves against other nationalities as if it's those people on the other side of the line who are the enemy, as those people mostly try to scrape by in their own lives. Like racism, nationalism is another divisive ideology that keeps people targeting others like themselves, keeping each other down and willing to sacrifice out of fear, all to the benefit of the real empire.
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@Rat_in_a_hat@lemmy.ca 2026-05-11 11:20
It happens in so many counties where migrant workers are taken advantage of and scapegoated simultaneously, while employers and government policies are rarely ever criticized as the cause. Not sure why people would rather blame someone simply for trying to improve their material conditions than the actual institutions taking advantage of them.
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@golden_calf@lemmy.world 2026-05-11 16:14
I've never heard the pipeline called that before, is this what you're referencing? https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/dakota-access-pipeline-prayer-1.3887441 It paints a powerful mental image so I'm surprised I hadn't heard it before.