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0 pointshulitu1y ago0 comments

> I also venture to say that colonialism is dead and we will not see empires in the 20th century sense of the word.

cough* USA cough*. Has colonized Europe, Australia and New Zeeland and is fighting hard to extend its influence in Latin America and Asia

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cafard1y ago

New Zealand? Are you blaming us for Peter Thiel? That seems a bit harsh.

"to extend its influence in Latin America". Its influence could hardly be more extensive there; it gets (we get) sniffy when the occasional country there pushes back.

Asia, I don't know. Our ventures there have had very mixed success...

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