# American Imperialism

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**Created:** [March 27, 2013, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-imperialism/654114 "2013-03-27T17:59:36Z")
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### Author: ![Cosmored](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@Cosmored](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cosmored)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2013, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-imperialism/654114/1 "2013-03-27T17:59:36Z")

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I learned about American imperialism by living abroad and talking to people. Here are some books on the subject.

> **[Killing Hope: U.S. Military and C.I.A. Interventions Since World War II--Updated...](https://www.amazon.com/Killing-Hope-C-I-Interventions-II-Updated/dp/1567512526)**
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> Killing Hope: U.S. Military and C.I.A. Interventions Since World War II--Updated Through 2003 \[Blum, William\] on Amazon.com. \*FREE\* shipping on qualifying offers. Killing Hope: U.S. Military and C.I.A. Interventions Since World War II--Updated...

(excerpts)  
[http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Blum/KillingHope\_page.html](http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Blum/KillingHope_page.html)

> **[The Washington Connection and Third World Facism \[The Political Economy of Human...](https://www.amazon.com/Washington-Connection-Facism-Political-Economy/dp/B000J2QJW2)**
>
> The Washington Connection and Third World Facism \[The Political Economy of Human Rights Volume 1\] on Amazon.com. \*FREE\* shipping on qualifying offers. The Washington Connection and Third World Facism \[The Political Economy of Human Rights Volume 1\]

(excerpts)  
[http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Herman%20/ThirdWorldFascism\_ChomHer.html](http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Herman%20/ThirdWorldFascism_ChomHer.html)

Here’s an online book written by an American general.  
[http://www.scuttlebuttsmallchow.com/racket.html](http://www.scuttlebuttsmallchow.com/racket.html)

There seem to be a lot of books on this subject nowadays.  
[http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Book\_Excerpts/Book\_Excerpts.html](http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Book_Excerpts/Book_Excerpts.html)

The last time I was in the US was in 95 and I never saw any books like these in any book stores or libraries. Can anyone tell me if books like these are on the shelves at “Walden Books” now?

Here’s some more stuff on Amerian imperialism. The first three links give a good summary. I posted the long list below of articles and videos if anyone wants to see the details.

[http://www.fas.org/man/smedley.htm](http://www.fas.org/man/smedley.htm)

> **[A Timeline of CIA Atrocities](http://www.huppi.com/kangaroo/CIAtimeline.html)**
>
> A timeline of CIA atrocities.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/e0JCJ4pIFEw/hqdefault.jpg "John Perkins - America's Secret Empire") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0JCJ4pIFEw)

> **[Yahoo | Mail, Weather, Search, Politics, News, Finance, Sports & Videos](https://www.yahoo.com/)**
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> **[The Angolan Civil War and US Foreign Policy](https://archive.globalpolicy.org/empire/history/2002/0413angola.htm)**
>
> Global Policy Forum is a policy watchdog that follows the work of the United Nations. We promote accountability and citizen participation in decisions on peace and security, social justice and international law.

> **[Still Hidden: A Full Record Of What the U.S. Did in Chile](http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/42a/127.html)**
>
> Still Hidden: A Full Record Of What the U.S. Did in Chile

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[http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4377.htm](http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4377.htm)  
[http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Blum/KillingHope\_page.html](http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Blum/KillingHope_page.html)  
[http://michaelparenti.org/Imperialism101.html](http://michaelparenti.org/Imperialism101.html)  
[http://www.chomsky.info/articles/19860409.htm](http://www.chomsky.info/articles/19860409.htm)

> **[THE AMERICAN EMPIRE AND THE U.S. SYSTEM OF CLIENT STATES](https://www.antipasministries.com/html/file0000133.htm)**
>
> The American empire that is forcing third world nations as client states through terror and torture.

[http://www.chss.montclair.edu/english/furr/chomskyin1282.html](http://www.chss.montclair.edu/english/furr/chomskyin1282.html)  
[http://www.michaelparenti.org/yugoslavia.html](http://www.michaelparenti.org/yugoslavia.html)  
[http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Zepezauer\_Mark/Iran\_Boomerang.html](http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Zepezauer_Mark/Iran_Boomerang.html)  
[http://www.lobster-magazine.co.uk/articles/l30iran.htm](http://www.lobster-magazine.co.uk/articles/l30iran.htm)  
[http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13622.htm](http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13622.htm)  
[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3117338213439292490&pl=true](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3117338213439292490&pl=true)  
[http://video.google.es/videoplay?docid=1130731388742388243](http://video.google.es/videoplay?docid=1130731388742388243)  
[http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11635.htm](http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11635.htm)  
[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7333556703536657423](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7333556703536657423)  
[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8797525979024486145](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8797525979024486145)  
[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4827358238697503](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4827358238697503)  
[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3453261789658676035&q=oil](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3453261789658676035&q=oil)  
[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8085945499556832271](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8085945499556832271)  
[http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8171.htm](http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8171.htm)

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/GAqG51uwzMI/hqdefault.jpg "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man - Part 2/3") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAqG51uwzMI)

[http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14295.htm](http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14295.htm)  
[http://www.jonhs.net/911/911\_american\_empire.htm](http://www.jonhs.net/911/911_american_empire.htm)

> **[VIDEO: The "War on Terrorism" is a Fabrication - Global Research](https://www.globalresearch.ca/video-the-war-on-terrorism-is-a-fabrication/4245)**
>
> Chossudovsky na SIC Rating The Second Edition of Professor Chossudovsky’s book  Michel Chossudovsky is the author of the international best America’s “War on Terrorism”  Second Edition, Global Research, 2005. He is Professor of Economics at...

[http://www.ichblog.eu/index.php?option=com\_seyret&task=videodirectlink&id=375](http://www.ichblog.eu/index.php?option=com_seyret&task=videodirectlink&id=375)

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/jnYZVNVqBgU/hqdefault.jpg "Engineering of Consent: guatemala coup 1954") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnYZVNVqBgU)

[http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17988.htm](http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17988.htm)  
[http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13768.htm](http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13768.htm)

[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7Tn_oqOdQ4)

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Wi5h3vZl6uo/hqdefault.jpg "William Schaap & Louis Wolff - Air date: 07-13-98") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi5h3vZl6uo)

[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5267640865741878159](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5267640865741878159)

For more info, go into the “Search” feature of this site below and enter things such as “Death squads”, “Torture”, or “CIA”.

> **[THIRD WORLD TRAVELER - THIRD WORLD, FOREIGN POLICY, FRIENDLY DICTATORS, WAR...](https://thirdworldtraveler.com/)**
>
> THIRD WORLD TRAVELER is an archive of articles and book excerpts that seek to tell the truth about the state of American democracy, media, and foreign policy, and about the impact of the actions of the United States government, transnational...

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### Author: ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2013, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-imperialism/654114/2 "2013-03-27T18:00:29Z")

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Go away.

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### Author: ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2013, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-imperialism/654114/3 "2013-03-27T18:03:03Z")

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Why don’t you tell us your views rather than linking to hours of videos no one has the time to watch? And why do you keep posting this stuff in the Pit?

As long as we’re here: you’re a moron.

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### Author: ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2013, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-imperialism/654114/4 "2013-03-27T18:03:32Z")

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Your videos are photoshopped. I can tell by the pixels and from having seen quite a few photoshops in my day.

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### Author: ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2013, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-imperialism/654114/5 "2013-03-27T18:03:45Z")

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> [@Cosmored](#):
>
> I learned…

Apparently not.

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### Author: ![Cosmored](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@Cosmored](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cosmored)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2013, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-imperialism/654114/6 "2013-03-27T18:14:45Z")

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> [@](#):
>
> Go away.

Here are two possible explanations for a response such as that.

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I’d bet it’s the latter.

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#### Post date: [March 27, 2013, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-imperialism/654114/7 "2013-03-27T18:17:17Z")

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> [@Cosmored](#):
>
> Here are two possible explanations for a response such as that.  
> [グローバル・リンク・マネジメントの評判口コミは？ポイントサイトに力を入れる不動産会社！│サラリーマン投資家の不動産投資ブログ](http://www.learningandteaching.info/learning/dissonance.htm)  
> [Opposingdigits | Discover the magic in everyday moments.](http://www.opposingdigits.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1222)
> 
> I’d bet it’s the latter.

So you have no original thoughts of your own, you just spout what you’ve been told to believe.

Idiot.

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### Author: ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2013, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-imperialism/654114/8 "2013-03-27T18:17:52Z")

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> [@Cosmored](#):
>
> I learned about American imperialism by living abroad and talking to people. Here are some books on the subject.
> 
> [Amazon.com](http://www.amazon.com/Killing-Hope-C-I-Interventions-II-Updated/dp/1567512526/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1237469199&sr=1-1)
> 
> (excerpts)  
> [Killing Hope page U.S. Military and CIA Interventions since World War II William Blum](http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Blum/KillingHope_page.html)  
> [http://www.amazon.com/Washington-Connection-Facism-Political-Economy/dp/B000J2QJW2/ref=sr\_1\_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1237469337&sr=1-1](http://www.amazon.com/Washington-Connection-Facism-Political-Economy/dp/B000J2QJW2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1237469337&sr=1-1)
> 
> (excerpts)  
> [http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Herman%20/ThirdWorldFascism\_ChomHer.html](http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Herman%20/ThirdWorldFascism_ChomHer.html)
> 
> Here’s an online book written by an American general.  
> [http://www.scuttlebuttsmallchow.com/racket.html](http://www.scuttlebuttsmallchow.com/racket.html)
> 
> There seem to be a lot of books on this subject nowadays.  
> [Excerpted Books page (alphabetical)](http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Book_Excerpts/Book_Excerpts.html)
> 
> The last time I was in the US was in 95 and I never saw any books like these in any book stores or libraries. Can anyone tell me if books like these are on the shelves at “Walden Books” now?
> 
> Here’s some more stuff on Amerian imperialism. The first three links give a good summary. I posted the long list below of articles and videos if anyone wants to see the details.
> 
> [Smedley Butler on Interventionism](http://www.fas.org/man/smedley.htm)  
> [A Timeline of CIA Atrocities](http://www.huppi.com/kangaroo/CIAtimeline.html)  
> [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0JCJ4pIFEw](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0JCJ4pIFEw)  
> [Yahoo | Mail, Weather, Search, Politics, News, Finance, Sports & Videos](http://www.geocities.com/~virtualtruth/guatemal.htm)  
> [The Angolan Civil War and US Foreign Policy](http://www.globalpolicy.org/empire/history/2002/0413angola.htm)  
> [Still Hidden: A Full Record Of What the U.S. Did in Chile](http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/42a/127.html)  
> [Namebase | The easiest way to buy, sell, and use Handshake](http://www.namebase.org/scott.html)  
> [http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4377.htm](http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4377.htm)  
> [Killing Hope page U.S. Military and CIA Interventions since World War II William Blum](http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Blum/KillingHope_page.html)  
> [http://michaelparenti.org/Imperialism101.html](http://michaelparenti.org/Imperialism101.html)  
> [chomsky.info : The Noam Chomsky Website](http://www.chomsky.info/articles/19860409.htm)  
> [http://www.antipasministries.com/html/file0000133.htm](http://www.antipasministries.com/html/file0000133.htm)  
> [http://www.chss.montclair.edu/english/furr/chomskyin1282.html](http://www.chss.montclair.edu/english/furr/chomskyin1282.html)  
> [http://www.michaelparenti.org/yugoslavia.html](http://www.michaelparenti.org/yugoslavia.html)  
> [Iran excerpted from the book Boomerang How our covert wars have created enemies across the Middle East and brought terror to America. by Mark Zepezauer](http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Zepezauer_Mark/Iran_Boomerang.html)  
> [http://www.lobster-magazine.co.uk/articles/l30iran.htm](http://www.lobster-magazine.co.uk/articles/l30iran.htm)  
> [http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13622.htm](http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13622.htm)  
> [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3117338213439292490&pl=true](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3117338213439292490&pl=true)  
> [http://video.google.es/videoplay?docid=1130731388742388243](http://video.google.es/videoplay?docid=1130731388742388243)  
> [http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11635.htm](http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11635.htm)  
> [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7333556703536657423](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7333556703536657423)  
> [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8797525979024486145](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8797525979024486145)  
> [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4827358238697503](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4827358238697503)  
> [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3453261789658676035&q=oil](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3453261789658676035&q=oil)  
> [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8085945499556832271](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8085945499556832271)  
> [http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8171.htm](http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8171.htm)  
> [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAqG51uwzMI&mode=related&search=](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAqG51uwzMI&mode=related&search=)  
> [http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14295.htm](http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14295.htm)  
> [JonHs.net: Tulossa / Coming Soon](http://www.jonhs.net/911/911_american_empire.htm)  
> [VIDEO: The "War on Terrorism" is a Fabrication - Global ResearchGlobal Research - Centre for Research on Globalization](http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=20061222&articleId=4245)  
> [http://www.ichblog.eu/index.php?option=com\_seyret&task=videodirectlink&id=375](http://www.ichblog.eu/index.php?option=com_seyret&task=videodirectlink&id=375)  
> [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnYZVNVqBgU&mode=related&search=](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnYZVNVqBgU&mode=related&search=)  
> [http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17988.htm](http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17988.htm)  
> [http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13768.htm](http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13768.htm)  
> [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7Tn\_oqOdQ4](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7Tn_oqOdQ4)  
> [http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi5h3vZl6uo](http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi5h3vZl6uo)  
> [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5267640865741878159](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5267640865741878159)
> 
> For more info, go into the “Search” feature of this site below and enter things such as “Death squads”, “Torture”, or “CIA”.  
> [http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/](http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/)

If we want to know what other people have to say about something, we can find it on our own. A member of this message board is expected to contribute their own thoughts, not a digest of everyone else’s.

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### Author: ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2013, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-imperialism/654114/9 "2013-03-27T18:19:29Z")

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Not clicking on any of your links. If you actually have something to say, say it. You mention your experiences abroad- I challenge you to make a whole post about your views with _zero links_. Are you capable of it?

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### Author: ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2013, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-imperialism/654114/10 "2013-03-27T18:19:33Z")

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> [@Cosmored](#):
>
> I’d bet it’s the latter.

Can you provide a link as to why you think that?

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### Author: ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2013, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-imperialism/654114/11 "2013-03-27T18:20:01Z")

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> [@Cosmored](#):
>
> Here are two possible explanations for a response such as that.  
> [グローバル・リンク・マネジメントの評判口コミは？ポイントサイトに力を入れる不動産会社！│サラリーマン投資家の不動産投資ブログ](http://www.learningandteaching.info/learning/dissonance.htm)  
> [Opposingdigits | Discover the magic in everyday moments.](http://www.opposingdigits.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1222)
> 
> I’d bet it’s the latter.

How about you respond and try to explain your obviously doctored videos?

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### Author: ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2013, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-imperialism/654114/12 "2013-03-27T18:22:20Z")

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> [@Cosmored](#):
>
> Here are two possible explanations for a response such as that.  
> [グローバル・リンク・マネジメントの評判口コミは？ポイントサイトに力を入れる不動産会社！│サラリーマン投資家の不動産投資ブログ](http://www.learningandteaching.info/learning/dissonance.htm)  
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> I’d bet it’s the latter.

You’d lose your bet.

Here’s a third possible explanation for the response (and one that has the advantage of being the real one):

You’re an annoying fuckwit who arrogantly posts reading and viewing assignments to total strangers. If anything you’re advocating actually has any validity, I’m confident that my attention will be drawn to it by a source that is not an annoying fuckwit.

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#### Post date: [March 27, 2013, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-imperialism/654114/13 "2013-03-27T18:23:29Z")

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Do you have any idea how many of your videos are not available or are set to private viewing?  
Did you even watch these videos or are you just blindly posting links someone else gave you?  
Dipshit.

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### Author: ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2013, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-imperialism/654114/14 "2013-03-27T18:23:37Z")

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Walden Books still exists? Who knew!!

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#### Post date: [March 27, 2013, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-imperialism/654114/15 "2013-03-27T18:24:59Z")

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> [@Cosmored](#):
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> I learned about American imperialism by living abroad and talking to people. . . . The last time I was in the US was in 95 and I never saw any books like these in any book stores or libraries. Can anyone tell me if books like these are on the shelves at “Walden Books” now?

You might want to visit the US this century to get up to date. Waldenbooks is bankrupt and gone. B Dalton’s is gone. Crown Books is gone. Borders is gone. Barnes and Noble is still around, and Books-A-Million seems to kind of be hanging on. I’m sure you can find tons of “US as imperialist” literature at Amazon.

But frankly, you would probably never find such books in a Waldenbooks when it existed, because those stores sold primarily magazines, books for tweens, shitty science fiction, a thousand copies of each Dave Barry book ever made, and coffee table books with large colorful pictures of the guns of World War II. It’s like looking for LGBT performance art at Blockbuster Video: you’re doing shopping wrong.

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#### Post date: [March 27, 2013, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-imperialism/654114/16 "2013-03-27T18:25:26Z")

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**Cosmored** fails the Turing test.

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#### Post date: [March 27, 2013, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-imperialism/654114/17 "2013-03-27T18:28:22Z")

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I’ve spoken to lots of people from third world countries who didn’t know each other and they all say the same thing. What they say is consistent with what those articles and videos say.

If you insist, I can give a short summary.

The US government sends the CIA to install a puppet government in a small country whose resources big American companies want. The puppet president lets the American companies exploit the country and he gets a commision from the companies.

You can get the details by reading the articles and watching the videos.

This should be enough for any objective thinking person.

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#### Post date: [March 27, 2013, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-imperialism/654114/18 "2013-03-27T18:30:59Z")

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And the reason you’re posting this glurge in The BBQ Pit is…?

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#### Post date: [March 27, 2013, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-imperialism/654114/19 "2013-03-27T18:36:43Z")

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> [@Cosmored](#):
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> This should be enough for any objective thinking person.

You believe that the US government installs puppet government left and right but that it is impossible for the US to have gone to the moon?

You’ve been suckered by The Man, man.

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### Author: ![Cosmored](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@Cosmored](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cosmored)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2013, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-imperialism/654114/20 "2013-03-27T18:36:57Z")

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> [@](#):
>
> And the reason you’re posting this glurge in The BBQ Pit is…?

It says, “For rants about the world” so it seemed the most appropriate place. Where should I have posted these threads?

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