[[Liberals]] sometimes say that U.S [[foreign policy]] is "imperialistic", when it is in fact not. Similarly, left-wing groups such as Communists tended to refer to America and the Western Powers as "imperialists" when fighting against them, even when they aren't actually that, or at least not anymore, as well as referring to their own actions as being "anti-imperialist" despite being a LOT closer to imperialistic due to trying to take over various countries by deception or force (as the USSR did in most of Eastern Europe through direct force and in parts of Africa and Latin America through sedition and insurrection, and as China did in much of Southeast Asia). | [[Liberals]] sometimes say that U.S [[foreign policy]] is "imperialistic", when it is in fact not. Similarly, left-wing groups such as Communists tended to refer to America and the Western Powers as "imperialists" when fighting against them, even when they aren't actually that, or at least not anymore, as well as referring to their own actions as being "anti-imperialist" despite being a LOT closer to imperialistic due to trying to take over various countries by deception or force (as the USSR did in most of Eastern Europe through direct force and in parts of Africa and Latin America through sedition and insurrection, and as China did in much of Southeast Asia). |