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Neocolonialism is a made up word and really is not a thing
by AzzieElbab 5y ago
Neocolonialism is a made up word and really is not a thing
- cyanydeez 5y agoyou are on a hacker news site. it generates probably 100 made up words a day. your critique is meaningless.
- AzzieElbab 5y agoTrue. But neo-colonialism hoax predates this site
- cyanydeez 5y agoyour ignorance probably predates most things
- pushswap 5y agoIt is a thing. Why would it matter whether the word is "made up" even if this thread was its very first usage? The expression is clear to the reader and conveys a conceptual expression of thought -- that of an idea of a new form of colonialism. The opinion of whether or not, in what form, or to what degree it exists in the world are entirely different things from the word itself.
- mywittyname 5y agoIt has a wikipedia page and is used to describe when a large, powerful country uses soft power to ensure that a smaller country grant favorable economic trade concessions. This is in contrast with classical colonialism, where military force was used to achieve the same ends.
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- AzzieElbab 5y agoGiven the context, don’t you think that wiki description of neo-colonialism is way better suited for China/third-world relations?
- jobigoud 5y agoAren't all words "made up" at some point? It's how language works.