<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 21:52:48 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/imperialism/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[We're Not In the United States Anymore]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was born in the late 70s. In school it was literally in the curriculum to teach us not to litter, don't drink and do drugs, love thy neighbor, respect others, do unto others as you would have them do]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-125125/@eve.writes/we-re-not-in-the</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-125125/@eve.writes/we-re-not-in-the</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-125125]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[eve.writes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2026 18:47:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBqnjrx3aVyCiCPsRLj77uDMYEzYnmXTg7c1J7MGtgrc2DRxyFJCxHy4WJXPuKP7UCaw6qqGwciRWS5NzXy?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Puppet Master of Port-au-Prince: How a Citibank Manager Exploited the Monroe Doctrine to Enslave a Nation]]></title><description><![CDATA[When Donald Trump speaks of a return to the Monroe Doctrine, most people’s immediate reaction is to envision the United States reclaiming the Americas as its exclusive sphere of influence—a "No]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@the-red-ink/the-puppet-master-of-port-au-prince-how-a-citibank-manager-exploited-the-monroe-doctrine-to-enslave-a-nation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@the-red-ink/the-puppet-master-of-port-au-prince-how-a-citibank-manager-exploited-the-monroe-doctrine-to-enslave-a-nation</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[the-red-ink]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2026 08:27:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCCBxkEtoY6NaTzGPr5Dmufz3ZzWdCoCmAWF7cubctUV3h2HCGve8DDYhzcuWf9XWW1n9if2WPJWCVhef34iNhEzpJcEq12WKh3NxXRnR42WmZnKeafboZY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Corruption in the Philippines]  Imelda Marcos The Rise and Fall of One of the Worlds Most Powerful Women #6/212]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most Americans, and especially those who were in a position to alter the course of history, had allowed themselves to be deluded by their own subterfuges in holding on to the Philippines, belaboring the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/manila/@travelwarning/corruption-in-the-philippines-imelda-marcos-the-rise-and-fall-of-one-of-the-worlds-most-powerful-women-6-212</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/manila/@travelwarning/corruption-in-the-philippines-imelda-marcos-the-rise-and-fall-of-one-of-the-worlds-most-powerful-women-6-212</guid><category><![CDATA[manila]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[travelwarning]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 07:11:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unveiling True Anti-Imperialism: Criteria for Consistency, Solidarity, and Action]]></title><description><![CDATA[After having briefly analyzed what imperialism and its main current exponents are, it's time to analyze the anti-imperialist ideological trend. Image made with Grok Of course, determining if someone is]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-122315/@yecier/unveiling-true-anti-imperialism-criteria</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-122315/@yecier/unveiling-true-anti-imperialism-criteria</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-122315]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[yecier]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 10:07:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FUkUE5bzkAZT3HzV5tJDiU2ik81PCd4JCyhWnRcDN8XJsVFY3UNB8DCg2bdNVnhhwaC5suQsMoNZnUW3bVFnr5rXjHFuAMXCsXSchbywDog5XvBT3BA1eoP9bnNRocxg293AffMhBJ1Nuj3CCZwUfcbi3LiWSHWVbTEW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imperialism in the Current World: Analysis and Reflections]]></title><description><![CDATA[Following my latest video, while talking to a friend, I told her: Imperialism uses colonialism in many ways. Colonialism can lead to imperialism if it escalates over time. They are elements that today]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-122315/@yecier/imperialism-in-the-current-world-analysis-and-reflections</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-122315/@yecier/imperialism-in-the-current-world-analysis-and-reflections</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-122315]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[yecier]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FUkUE5bzkAZT3HzV5tJDiU2ik81PCd4JCyhWnRcDN8XJsVFY3UNB8DCg2bdNVnhhwaC66Fi8TEqZFCXVxPWTy3u6dbeNAPJwpF5VfxaFWerEEwhMB4jvDTibf3iHncv35nEA4PkPaaszVnDgXEmKf6LCpRDXQ3bGpqzv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the justification is national interest or national security, even the ...]]></title><description><![CDATA[... unthinkable aggressions become a possibility. #politics #trump #imperialism #war #news #morality]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193084/@discernente/wra0zrgkufu4ztqsx413fg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193084/@discernente/wra0zrgkufu4ztqsx413fg</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-193084]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[discernente]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 21:56:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anti free markets and communist Trump chose to start a tariff war against the ...]]></title><description><![CDATA[... whole world. If he win, America may get out of it stronger, but if he loses... #trade #war #trump #tariff #news #freemarket #communism #statism #imperialism #economics #science #pt]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193084/@discernente/trv183kutx2gaaz7c44t0s</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193084/@discernente/trv183kutx2gaaz7c44t0s</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-193084]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[discernente]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2025 10:41:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Starship Troopers: Terran Command]]></title><description><![CDATA[Would you like to know more? Starship Troopers is a campy action movie from 1997 that somehow has a shocking amount of staying power with its cultish fanbase. Even though it's very much an unserious violent]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-140217/@edicted/starship-troopers-terran-command-kqf</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-140217/@edicted/starship-troopers-terran-command-kqf</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-140217]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[edicted]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2024 23:25:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqZTU2GetDaJo5RSbVoQ5NLS1ExQvjmc49ktTm6zxfZCeqYNxLm6uG5Scm8Lvak274guLfriFSyG2cHeueJfMZkC1pFibtzaW2G9WvQtpjrba59Y?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modern Imperialism ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just like in the times of Julius Caesar, the sons and daughters of the local elite are being brought to Rome to study the Roman ways. This education changes their style of thinking, and they are later]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/waivio/@notable/modern-imperialism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/waivio/@notable/modern-imperialism</guid><category><![CDATA[waivio]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[notable]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2024 14:25:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45ePcKraJrHFa3nU3nYzEeweK3Qz9x7baQqyG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Capitalism Beyond Conventional Imperialistic Narratives]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source Imperialism, which involves a country taking control of other lands for its own benefit, is not a necessary part of capitalism. In capitalism, businesses aim to make profits. While some capitalists]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/capitalism/@z960/capitalism-beyond-conventional-imperialistic-narratives</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/capitalism/@z960/capitalism-beyond-conventional-imperialistic-narratives</guid><category><![CDATA[capitalism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[z960]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2024 11:07:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvGBHDnRaj2z6FsL6XEQR3pnqa26GnVT4zp61ZwXXoVr8HgqF3BGxtqMRhXUxp1PwsX9sBJMXBEzihdYG5SMQTtxi3egm7FeJYxc4PEN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA["Repressieve Apparaat in Woede"]]></title><description><![CDATA["Repressieve Apparaat in Woede" Daniil Konstantinov: De rust in de samenleving wordt gekenmerkt door de inzet van repressieve maatregelen bijgewerkt: 27-02-2024 (21:00) ! De spelling en stijl]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/pressing/@pureacetone/repressieve-apparaat-in-woede</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/pressing/@pureacetone/repressieve-apparaat-in-woede</guid><category><![CDATA[pressing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[pureacetone]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2024 18:06:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvGBHDnRaj2z6FsL6XEQR3pnqa26GnV95Ki1wv2nxCaiGD9RwBTghFwqCiSScZ3U2zjJZi4g5V4vTY4nZ8hMbRNKmiSDA1L6XaJoDe7x?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can the US actually afford all this warmongering?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The United States, like all empires in decline, will not go down without a fight. Numerous problems facing US Imperialism are building as it seeks to maintain its economic and geo-political hegemony over]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-110786/@saltycat/can-the-us-actually-afford-all-this-warmongering</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-110786/@saltycat/can-the-us-actually-afford-all-this-warmongering</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-110786]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[saltycat]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2023 13:32:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[X + Aliens = Stupid ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lot's of weird stuff doing on in the world today. Honestly I can't be bothered by any of it. Lot's of people were talking about aliens again the other day. Blah blah blah congressional hearing blah blah]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@edicted/x--aliens-stupid</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@edicted/x--aliens-stupid</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[edicted]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2023 13:51:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqZTU2GetDaJo5RSZvNov5WxHj5K7X1kt7i4nnpzNvGBZVJaNQKVMoLbaf1Qe3Bf1PQEy7ayLvAmUfzFX2uToVjZYJ1bT4wUHW4bSajfVzp71j7c?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lost war]]></title><description><![CDATA[Russian autocrats acknowledge that it is completely dumb for them to try to win a conventional war against NATO countries in Ukraine, and will certainly need to resort to nuclear weapons to try to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ukraine/@discernente/a-lost-war</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ukraine/@discernente/a-lost-war</guid><category><![CDATA[ukraine]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[discernente]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2023 12:08:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone Chips in to Build the DEATH STAR; Everyone. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Twitter Source Link Often I will have a conversation that sparks a topic for a post. It's happened again! It basically all comes down to personal accountability vs societal accountability. Imagine if aliens]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@edicted/everyone-chips-in-to-build-the-death-star-everyone</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@edicted/everyone-chips-in-to-build-the-death-star-everyone</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[edicted]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2022 18:33:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwr5Xg46gnE3BrdGQcYkevrMfGqYdeuwsUHMJgRMMCSGsP6uTuHk8smwvD2xczcafBbGmmwotRZ4sBqzpCkYKsXHhXozanM6Nc4dbyW4XpGs7aYJJ8xEnFMUS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Foreign queen this, foreign queen that..]]></title><description><![CDATA[I don't think she was secretly a lizard kept alive with adrenachrome, who orchastrated a bunch of wars behind the scenes for the Rothchilds or something. I don't even really think she ordered the death]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/britain/@zafrada/foreign-queen-this-foreign-queen-that</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/britain/@zafrada/foreign-queen-this-foreign-queen-that</guid><category><![CDATA[britain]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zafrada]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2022 23:58:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpra1Kwf2Avsq5j47JfuP9Z2U8uC9YeeY3f78imXdBgVQaYCBQusuWyanxTt336M2EHjAinTKmPKvgGmHng8skkEgJQkQ7WQ892ABn5w9FJk9iQva?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[SIMP!]]></title><description><![CDATA[The slang word 'simp' is a weird one. What does it even mean? Simpleton Someone who bends over backwards (perhaps toxically so) for someone they like. Usually with implied sexual undertones. Someone who]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@edicted/simp</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@edicted/simp</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[edicted]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2022 17:07:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP35bVGjGoE93K3E4U5KX8KtMBJ2rgQniaPV7jFGNgpyDh9s8hn8mxKRvsdWnRBn3NXUgnoR52f2dBAwiynndFAXod9bwVAGorhea4n?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ізюм - це  другий Маріуполь]]></title><description><![CDATA[У цьому інтерв'ю я розповіла про свій досвід окупації. Як так вийшло, що я виявилася 24 лютого у Ізюмі, чому я не поїхала і як мені вдалося вижити. Мені "пощастило" стати свідком військових злочинів]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-165469/@ilonastrauser/izyum-ce-drugii-mariupol</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-165469/@ilonastrauser/izyum-ce-drugii-mariupol</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-165469]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ilonastrauser]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2022 23:13:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e2cijsxbC3M9GRKrbvCDPgWVvqYanzUyUyU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lamé, Haiku Series, New Digital Art and Photography, Revisited Poetry and Spoken Word]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lamé rosé petals weathered and oxidized a golden age I shot this rhododendron bush a few months back. We had an unseasonably cold spring here in Vancouver, with only a few warm days. The bush took advantage]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@prydefoltz/lame-haiku-series-new-digital-art-and-photography-revisited-poetry-and-spoken-word</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@prydefoltz/lame-haiku-series-new-digital-art-and-photography-revisited-poetry-and-spoken-word</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[prydefoltz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2022 19:40:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4S8nUGSKfRyAsuCVXK9MkNwB5T5Js7QACEKMXzR7ugMtMEjDeUjPFnTwVvFqo93x8nTKwKVWCJEzMAX1idztEdf12i6v3tBtqhc2sXwvRoEVT15XX4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[24 April 2022 - Two months into the hot war in Ukraine]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some references are in Russian, others in English. Sorry about the mess but I am just one person - but I still seek to inform you the best I can. Today is two months since Russian troops had rolled into]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-109255/@borepstein/24-april-2022-two-months-into-the-hot-war-in-ukraine</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-109255/@borepstein/24-april-2022-two-months-into-the-hot-war-in-ukraine</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-109255]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[borepstein]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2022 01:16:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5s4dzRwnVbzGY5ssnCE4wXzkeAEXyVtgk1ApQTwHMTp6y5PvEo1yenn8hrAfCnpx2MdcaKPu7cJnhmAbTwSJQVuxJxBvEqjepX4gxVdH9WRpmy57FU5ZbMKAaF7PrQXpqcKDd7hXWyREMhNjieAvM68xUWtQ6KcPkQ6r7Li?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>