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[โ€“] ComradeChairmanKGB@lemmygrad.ml 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Who needs to formally annex land when you can install a puppet government, set up military bases for your decades long occupation, and rebuild the economy under the yoke of your own corporations.

[โ€“] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Nearly all the benefits but small part of costs of the traditional empire.

And tankies says capitalism bring no progress smh (/s)