• HobbitFoot @thelemmy.club
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        2 months ago

        It is weird that that policy is the one mentioned.

        China could easily argue about the Roosevelt Corollary or other American foreign policies and that would be understandable. It just sounds weird that the foreign policy that China is actively arguing against is the one about foreign countries colonizing previously liberated countries in the Americas.

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          2 months ago

          Because it’s not interpreted as just being “about foreign countries colonizing previously liberated countries in the Americas”…

          Is China asking to colonize countries in the Americas?

          Comes off as very disingenuous and bad faith given the real world context.

          Its as valid as saying

          “Why would China call out the Monroe doctrine when it’s about European countries, do they plan on joining Europe?!”…no.

          It’s ialso mportant to note:

          The Roosevelt corollary, which you mention they would be right to call out, directly stems from the Monroe doctrine. It’s “the Roosevelt corollary to the Monroe doctrine”

          Abolishing the Monroe doctrine would therefore abolish the standing of the Roosevelt corollary…

          Ironically a good example of the real world context you must consider and proof of the need to abandon the Monroe Doctrine.

    • futatorius@lemm.ee
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      2 months ago

      They don’t ask, but they want to extract all the resources they can. and never mind the people living there.

      The US is not the only imperialist power.

      • Cowbee [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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        2 months ago

        Do you have numbers to back that up, or general proof behind China’s trade being Imperialist, rather than cooperative, in comparison with the US?

      • OurToothbrush@lemmy.mlM
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        2 months ago

        You’re going to need to show that you have a serious understanding here or you’re going to need to stop posting on the topic in this comm.

      • filister@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        Isn’t that what the US is doing pretty much everywhere in the world? And now fellow Americans are angry that another country has the same idea?