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;DDon't really know where to post this, so I put it here. It's European history from the Renaissance to the 17th century.Why do Leftists nowadays say that the US is being imperialistic? (I'm talking mostly about their gripes over our actions in the Middle East) Compared to back then with the Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, and English fighting with each other and with the natives in areas like the Americas, India/SE Asia, Africa, and even China we are not even close in comparison to being the imperialistic expansionists that they were. We're certainly not as brutal or insensitive to the "natives".Another thing that struck me is the vast amount of global economics going on back then. Except for the bad stuff (like the slave trade) I think it's kind of cool what they accomplished and how much it was accepted by traders of all sides.
Which leftists are you talking about? Where did you read this?Hugo Chavez has called the U.S./Bush Admin "imperialist". I think the U.S. does sway its power for global influence, but this isn't the same as imperialism, which seems to mean "taking over a foreign nation's sovereignty". But the U.S. has been involved in global influence via the CIA, foreign aid, economic rewards/punishments, diplomacy, etc. since the end of World War II. I don't know why people might think it's a new thing.
