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Seems like an apt comparison for the Yankee mind to grasp. (hexbear.net)

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[+] ghosts@hexbear.net 43 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

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[–] Damarcusart@hexbear.net 24 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I would avoid mentioning China directly in this comparison for libs. They'll hear you talking about "China bad" in a hypothetical and everything else will shut down and that will be their only take away from the conversation.

I would say that the intervening nation should be somewhere like "France" perhaps, a country on the other side of the ocean with no business determining the affairs of the country going through a civil war.

[–] KobaCumTribute@hexbear.net 23 points 4 weeks ago

I've used this exact analogy before, and used the UK as the power backing the Confederate vestiges against the US in the hypothetical. It's reasonably close too: the mid 19th century UK would be comparatively moderate beside the Confederates in terms of how they presented themselves, but would have both material reasons for trying to curtail American power while also being just as monstrous under the surface (but on a much bigger scale) as the Confederates were.

[–] Lussy@hexbear.net 33 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Don’t need to imagine shit unfortunately. Puerto Rico has become the most southern klanner state.

[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 29 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

no shit really?

[–] Lussy@hexbear.net 34 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

You know how Argentina had a policy to displace their own populace with gabagools? Imagine that, but with crypobros and investment vultures, in an island with the wealth disparity of Mississippi…it ends up becoming Mississppi, racism and all.

[–] ElChapoDeChapo@hexbear.net 19 points 4 weeks ago

k-pain

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 23 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

yeah that's pretty good. plus China's claim to Formosa is way more legitimate than any US- splinter's claim to any Caribbean island.

[–] casskaydee@hexbear.net 21 points 4 weeks ago

Or indeed, US's claim to literally any land on the planet

[–] AF_R@hexbear.net 19 points 4 weeks ago

In this comparison, the Confederates also ethnically cleanse the islands native population

[–] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 16 points 4 weeks ago

Uhh, where’s the burger I’m supposed to imagine?