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Colonial nations didn't stop colonialism because they became moral. They stopped because it was untenable. The advancement of asymmetric warfare made it impossible to maintain colonial holdings and those empires crumbled.
The answer was neoliberalism and soft power. Trump had annihilated the financial systems that held that fragile order in place.
#Venezuela will probably end up trying to teach Trump the lesson everyone else learned in the 20th century, but since he's incapable of learning it may very well teach him the lesson Afghanistan taught the USSR.
We'll see how it goes.
It's still possible that we could end up with the US interfering so much that the only people left able to defend space are anarchists. South and Central America actually has some really interesting and advanced anarchist tendencies, so fucking with that could absolutely blow up in Trump (and every other authoritarian's) face.
I hope that the Venezuelan people can take advantage of the situation to get rid of both a shitty dictator and the shitty colonizers who want to replace him.

Last day in lovely Luang Prabang, Laos. It's a UNESCO heritage protected colonial gem and probably the nicest little tourist town I've ever visited. #travel

Does anyone know a good primer on Danish colonialism in Greenland?
Some of the statements regarding Greenland and Denmark's role don't sit well with me, but I'd like to know a bit more. (Oh, I don't think a US occupation would be favourable for Greenlanders.)
#Greenland #Denmark

The fact that so many on the Fediverse remain so uneducated isn’t surprising. It only reveals how deeply bourgeois ideology continues to shape public consciousness, molding perception to serve the interests of capital, especially US imperialism.
Just as it took decades for many to see the war on terror for what it truly was, and even longer to grasp Palestine’s struggle against imperialism and settler colonialism, the same pattern will repeat.
I wholeheartedly reject imperialis…

Found a website about California Horse Racing and the horse names are fucking incredible. tag yourself im either Unusual Heat or Lost Bus
https://californiahorseracinghistory.neocities.org/

Just watched the weirdest Metro turnstile jumpers ever. A couple, wearing what looked to be very nice coats, carrying coffee. He slowly climbed one of the machines and calmly walked over the gate, then grabbed his coffee and helped her get over the gate as well.

The V-formation maps cleanly to how we think about leadership: someone sets direction, others align behind. But the murmuration model — distributed, adaptive, leaderless — might be closer to how real teams work. https://www.poppastring.com/blog/leadership-from-birds

A BBC-commissioned review of its content warns against "clunky" color-blind casting and "preachy" anti-colonial storylines that turn off viewers (Jake Kanter/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/01/bbc-color-blind-casting-doctor-who-revie…

BBC Told To Avoid “Clunky” Color-Blind Casting & “Preachy” Anti-Colonial Storylines In Drama Series
The BBC has been urged to rethink color-blind casting "tokenism" and "preachy" storylines about the UK's colonial history, according to a major study.

Guaranteed Panel MLA 2027: “Global Early Modern Environmental Crises: Modes of Extraction, Settler Colonialism, and Empire” https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/02/02/guaranteed-panel-mla-2027-�%8…

Guaranteed Panel MLA 2027: “Global Early Modern Environmental Crises: Modes of Extraction, Settler Colonialism, and Empire”
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