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[–] SpaceDogs@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I don’t understand why there are foreign military bases in other countries. Do they serve a purpose other than imperialism? Do they act like embassies for visitors? It just seems very odd to me.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 1 year ago

it's just colonialism

[–] Fuckass@hexbear.net 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)
  • Bases in South America: control the “backyard” of America. Ensure that cartels discipline domestic labor and provide cheap labor and drugs without disrupting your own country too much
  • Bases in Europe: leading your white coalition, monitoring Russia, scaring the “civilized continent” into submission with “uncivilized” migrants and ideologies, deindustrialization
  • Bases in Africa: extremely important minerals and raw material for your empire, getting closer to China, enforce extreme poverty, combating Russian and Chinese influence
  • Bases in ME: control oil vassals to placate voters at home, funding and training of terrorists with oligarch support and domestic disdain - good for covert ops and election fear mongering, borders China, enforce extreme poverty
  • Bases in Asia: surround China, provoke China, control South Korea and Japan
  • Bases in Australia: close to China, launching zone
[–] SpaceDogs@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 year ago

So you see, as someone with a heart and soul I view using the military for purposes such as securing minerals and raw materials as a huge waste and downright stupid. Wouldn’t diplomats and form of “Soft Power” be better suited for this area?

When it comes to what military bases are used for in other parts of the world, specifically for preparing war against China and escalations with Russia, I have no real alternative except maybe just don’t do that. Take your troops back home and leave everyone alone. It’s naive and maybe juvenile but so is putting basses around the world to provoke violence.

[–] American_Communist22@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

One of the most frustrating things as a communist is seeing so many resources that could be used for common good being devoted to fucking colonialism

[–] SpaceDogs@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 year ago

It’s unfortunate people still buy into the whole “fighting for your freedom” thing.