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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 can be defined as 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> | ||
== Consequences of Imperialism == | == Consequences of Imperialism == | ||
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'''Economic exploitation <ref>https://vaventura.com/tema/imperialism-world-war/imperialism-causes-and-consequences</ref> ''' | '''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. | *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. | *Original inhabitants are stripped of their resources, land and livelihoods, and left impoverished. | ||
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'''Breakdown of traditional society <ref>https://vaventura.com/tema/imperialism-world-war/imperialism-causes-and-consequences</ref> ''' | '''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. | *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. | *The diffusion of Western ways of life in the colonies leads to the loss of one’s own culture from the imposition of another. | ||
Revision as of 17:21, 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 can be defined as 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.
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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