• Wheaties [she/her]@hexbear.net
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    18
    ·
    1 year ago

    The funny thing about the yankee empire is that we don’t have a general concept of the empire. So, unlike say the brits’ empire where people and the press might talk about what to do in this or that colonial holding, the core here largely only talks about local stuff. It’s a weird kinda irony; the most extensive empire in global history is also the most parochial.

    • Wheaties [she/her]@hexbear.net
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      15
      ·
      1 year ago

      I mean, this is just stupid reactionary christian stuff. What’s really interesting is that this stupid reactionary christian stuff isn’t made different for coming from the core’s core of empire. You find identical stuff coming from out of the way countries with little influence over anything. Poland, for example.