• CloutAtlas [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    47·
    12 days ago

    Yet another sign: presence of the Pirates of the South US Coast as a mirror for the 华南海盗huá nán hǎi dào of the Qing dynasty.

    • Krem [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      29·
      11 days ago

      liberals and socdems are like the pathetic reform movements that try to reinvigorate the dying empire by making small adjustments

      however the US empire is still somehow an exporter of global imperial violence while the late qing was mostly a victim of it

      China occupying Manhattan and downtown LA to trade fentanyl for soybeans and starbucks coffee mugs would be pretty funny though

      • Frogmanfromlake [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
        21·
        11 days ago

        The late Qing never had the same imperial ambitions as the US so maybe comparing it to another colonial empire like the British who still manage to export violence despite being well past their prime