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<span style="">Individuals, groups and movements claiming to be </span>'''<span style="">anti-imperialist </span>'''<span style="">denounce the imperial </span><span style="">discourse used to make this type of policy acceptable to the population. | <span style="">Individuals, groups and movements claiming to be </span>'''<span style="">anti-imperialist </span>'''<span style="">denounce the imperial </span><span style="">discourse used to make this type of policy acceptable to the population. Imperialism is a ''"policy, practice, or advocacy of extending the power and dominion of a nation especially by direct territorial acquisitions or by gaining indirect control over the political or economic life of other areas."'' -Merriam Webster. <ref>https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/imperialism</ref> Anti-imperialism opposes this domination.</span> | ||
For a more complete understanding, see our definitions page for [[imperialism]]. | |||
== Consequences of Imperialism == | |||
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'''Economic exploitation <ref>https://vaventura.com/tema/imperialism-world-war/imperialism-causes-and-consequences</ref> ''' | |||
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*Native populations were dispossessed of their lands by colonizers, to make way for production of resources and thus more wealth. | |||
*Original inhabitants are stripped of their resources, land and livelihoods, and left impoverished. | |||
*Many inhabitants are hired cheaply, and exploited as labourers. | |||
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'''Breakdown of traditional society <ref>https://vaventura.com/tema/imperialism-world-war/imperialism-causes-and-consequences</ref> ''' | |||
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*Indigenous people are marginalized and forced to live in separate neighborhoods, prohibited from entering certain places, etc. | |||
*The diffusion of Western ways of life in the colonies leads to the loss of one’s own culture from the imposition of another. | |||
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| style="width: 80.3024%; height: 24px;" | Imperialism is often linked to colonialism. For more on it's consequences, see our definitions page on [[colonialism]]. | |||
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Latest revision as of 17:23, 26 October 2022
Individuals, groups and movements claiming to be anti-imperialist denounce the imperial discourse used to make this type of policy acceptable to the population. Imperialism is a "policy, practice, or advocacy of extending the power and dominion of a nation especially by direct territorial acquisitions or by gaining indirect control over the political or economic life of other areas." -Merriam Webster. [1] Anti-imperialism opposes this domination.
For a more complete understanding, see our definitions page for imperialism.
Consequences of Imperialism
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Economic exploitation [2] |
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Breakdown of traditional society [3] |
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| Colonialism | Imperialism is often linked to colonialism. For more on it's consequences, see our definitions page on colonialism. |
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