#Imperialism

On this day in 1835, the future Leopold II, second King of the Belgians, was born in Brussels, Belgium. He was the second but eldest surviving son of Leopold I,
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The latest thoughtful assessment of the nature of the Sino-US competition has generated interesting debates on the contribution of ideologic differences to that competition. @ElbridgeColby & Kaplan’s article frames things
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The old civic nationalism has transformed into neocolonialism. It still demands assimilation, but in order to scale globally it had to create identities that could transcend ethnicity, hence boutique sexuality.
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1. I was walking in the woods yesterday and I had an epiphany. It wasn’t one I wanted to have. I was thinking about today’s class, where we are reading
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Finally found a good korra stream. Baby korra was soooo cute I love katara lol I hate what happened with the order of the lotus. Controlling council of old men
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so I think I'm going to cheat a little bitbc I'd planned to start from e101 and just tweet you through the anti-racist resources we've tried to provideBUT our work
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One thing that's interesting apropos the merging of left and right in weird authoritarian social movements is to look at how it happens in Russia. Here's a lil thread about
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While I wait for the ibuprofen to kick in for my headache so that I can actually edit my capstone, how about a thread on women's menstruation in early "white
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Yes, that must be it. Thanks for playing.https://twitter.com/littmath/status/1279700988660768768 One thing that is totally bewildering right now is the number of people who accept these two premises:1) Social justice is very
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Each year on Victory Day — after a celebratory round of military parades, flybys, and speeches — the people of Russia take to the streets in one of the most
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Thread on "Hindu Society Under Siege" by Sri Sita Ram Goel. Though I am aware virtually all of Hindu Twitter has read at least some of his works, I've recently
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The Deep State - New Thread ! The New World Order should more accurately be called the Deep State.....If you like this article - please RT and Follow for more
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We're not endorsing Biden. And here’s why you’re under no obligation to vote for him either (A Thread). #WhyImNotVotingForJoe As a perpetrator of American empire, Biden enthusiastically supported every war
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I could do a whole thread about the design choices that are telegraphing "VILLAIN IN THE MAKING" with Walker's costume!!! So many!!!https://twitter.com/NeolithicSheep/status/1380699535996035075 FINE FINE YES I will do it
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George Soros & Bill Gates Partner with China on Coronavirus Drug! As drug manufacturers speed up their efforts to find a new treatment drug for the coronavirus outbreak that has
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I play video games. I study historiography. Today I am going to ramble to myself about how strategy games and “faction traits” are actually engaging with a very serious historical
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