Memes

The term imperialism was coined by ~~Lenin~~ Hobson, and it's definition has remained constant for over a century. It's actually liberals who have tried to flatten and bastardize it's definition to hide the inevitable systemic nature of their crimes against humanity. The fact that you were introduced to the wrong definition first doesn't make it the right one.

Imperialism

No. You just don't know what the word means.

By that logic, nearly every existing state would be “imperialist” forever and the term would be rendered useless for meaningful analysis.

Might need to reread that