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> which is actually a colonization effort dressed up for the modern age Which colonies have been established by the US? Are you talking about the military base

> which is actually a colonization effort dressed up for the modern age Which colonies have been established by the US? Are you talking about the military bases in foreign countries?

matheusmoreira 3y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_imperialism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_imperialism
riehwvfbk 3y ago
The countries where the US installs a puppet government. Karzai in Afghanistan. Sandu in Romania. Pashinyan in Armenia.
- nozzlegear 3y ago
  That’s a curious definition of a colony. Since I’m an American, I assume I could go live in these American colonies quite easily?
  - riehwvfbk 3y ago
    That's not the definition of a colony at all. UK citizens still need to go through immigration to live in Canada, even though the official head of state there is King Charles III.
    - nozzlegear 3y ago
      Perhaps we have different definitions of colonies then, because I think the answer there is obvious: Canada isn't a colony of the UK any longer and hasn't been since 1931 or 1982 depending on which event you want to use. Just like Afghanistan, Armenia and Romania aren't colonies of the US, even if we've set up puppet governments [1] in those countries. There's a great deal you can rightly criticize about US foreign policy post-WW2, but calling us modern colonizers doesn't fit. [1] I don't know enough about the events you're referencing in Armenia and Romania, but Afghanistan was war. Of course we were going to set up a government that was friendly to the US.
      - riehwvfbk 2y ago
        The places with puppet governments would qualify under the Oxford dictionary definition of a colony: "a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settlers from that country." The only wrinkle is the "occupied" part. But most European colonies in Africa didn't have a huge number of settlers either and nobody questions whether these colonies were colonies.

> which is actually a colonization effort dressed up for the modern age Which colonies have been established by the US? Are you talking about the military bases in foreign countries?

matheusmoreira 3y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_imperialism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_imperialism

riehwvfbk 3y ago

The countries where the US installs a puppet government. Karzai in Afghanistan. Sandu in Romania. Pashinyan in Armenia.

nozzlegear 3y ago
That’s a curious definition of a colony. Since I’m an American, I assume I could go live in these American colonies quite easily?
- riehwvfbk 3y ago
  That's not the definition of a colony at all. UK citizens still need to go through immigration to live in Canada, even though the official head of state there is King Charles III.
  - nozzlegear 3y ago
    Perhaps we have different definitions of colonies then, because I think the answer there is obvious: Canada isn't a colony of the UK any longer and hasn't been since 1931 or 1982 depending on which event you want to use. Just like Afghanistan, Armenia and Romania aren't colonies of the US, even if we've set up puppet governments [1] in those countries. There's a great deal you can rightly criticize about US foreign policy post-WW2, but calling us modern colonizers doesn't fit. [1] I don't know enough about the events you're referencing in Armenia and Romania, but Afghanistan was war. Of course we were going to set up a government that was friendly to the US.
    - riehwvfbk 2y ago
      The places with puppet governments would qualify under the Oxford dictionary definition of a colony: "a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settlers from that country." The only wrinkle is the "occupied" part. But most European colonies in Africa didn't have a huge number of settlers either and nobody questions whether these colonies were colonies.