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For more than three thousand years, Centralia's emperors were the most heavy-handed taskmasters on Earth. Not only of their own nations, mind you, but the entire continent was under their dominion in some form or another. Nations and tribes had their kings appointed for them by Centralian emperors, who would choose what title to give to this monarch or that in order to show how important this nation or that one was, purely at the emperor's own whim. Any nations around the periphery of Centralia were branded as 'barbarians' in Centralia's language, and the Centralian emperors reinforced that in every facet of their international relations. It was not enough that every nation bordering Centralia had to send an annual tribute of several hundred virgins to the Centralian emperor as concubines... and by the way girls, you'd be hard-pressed to dream up a more miserable fate than spending your life with no hope of better sex than what a Centralian shrimp-cock could provide. No, the Centralians' devious little minds dreamed up far more degrading fates than that for their neighbors. See, in order to even trade with Centralia, or pass through it to trade with others, national representatives had to appear before the emperor, perform a humiliating ritual called 'kao tao' and declare themselves to be something that translated as 'barbarian servants of the Divine Emperor.' They would receive a certificate proving they had made this pledge, and they had to display this certificate before they were allowed to trade in any marketplace.
And then the name: Centralia, or "Central Nation," hm?
Why do I get the feeling I know what country you're really writing about? ;-) ;-) ;-)
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Don't get me deported! Lol...
Too bad it is German, but this one is about the "logic of imperial wars".
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I like it for the list at the bottom ;)
And the "list of countries not complete".
snicker From his chart, and his apparent belief that it is somehow relevant to the discussion at hand, I'm guessing he thinks we were talking about the U.S.
Here's a clue, lennstar. Look at the name: "Centralia," Latin for "Central Land."
Now look at how it would be rendered in Chinese: "Zhong Guo."
Now look at the Chinese name for China: "Zhong Guo."
Now look at the history the character describes. Now open a search engine and type "Sinocentric Tributary system."
And if you still haven't taken a hint, look up the origins of the English word "Kowtow," and then re-read her chapter again with special emphasis on the speech by the character of Matron.
And if, after all that, you're still busy trying to parrot the delusion that the U.S. is "the world's colonizer," a propaganda point put forth by the Chinese-owned Western Media, then take a look at my blog and get yourself something resembling actual information on current events. I'll guarantee you'll find it a great deal more informative (and more likely to shred notions like the one you're parroting in this chart) than a middle-aged woman's erotica.
Oh, no, I didn't want to say that Centralia is the US. Sorry, it was misleading.
I know fairly well the kowtow, center of the world (中国 - the first Kanji is "center/middle" after all), tribute trade etc. stuff.
The chart is just something that puts up the whole Empire thing very nicely. It also applies to history, and today to Russia and China.
Of course there are differences: Russia puts more emphasis on direct political influence then the US and China uses the economic route more.
But if you think that "America as Colonizer" or "Empire" is Chinese stuff, then you are not up to history. The term itself is older then when anyone in the US considered China as important (except for tea). It mostly is used for the post WWII area though.
But - again - the chart nicely shows a lot of the countries the world record holder in toppling democratically elected governments has influenced to do their bidding.
Since I stumbled upon it, from a German satire show (that is more investigative then most investigative shows)
Here you can see the "Chinese Propaganda" at the example of the Middle East, and if you wish to dig further, you can find all the details in the CIA docments.
Of course only if you don't believe that the Chinese own the CIA.