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without overseas military bases

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

And if you’re gonna say Hong Kong doesn’t count because it’s already been assimilated into the empire, that’s not great evidence against it being an empire.

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TF you mean ‘assimilated’

If I lease you a part of my house (AT GUNPOINT NO LESS) for 10 years am I doing an imperial aggression when I move my stuff back in afterwards?

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So imperialism is okay when you have a de jure cassus belli?

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I’m strongly of the belief, by reading them in the context provided, that you don’t know what any of those words mean

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