[Teever]

Some would argue that American intervention in Vietnam was a continuation of French colonialism and the Domino Theory was a tenuous justification for American imperialism.

[fxd123]

But yet, no imperialism occurred?

[queenkjuul]

It did, you just must have a funny definition of imperialism, or don't actually know what happened

[akimbostrawman]

post ww2 america does not do imperialism in the traditional sense but cultural empiralism

[queenkjuul]

Oh invading countries under false pretenses and bombing thousands of children is "cultural"?

[akimbostrawman]

That's not empiralism and merely used to do the cultural empiralism

[throawayonthe]

the "domino theory" was borne of fear of losing western capitalist hegemony...

[lovegrenoble]

Exactly, this Domino concept was first developed by U.S. Secretary of State J.Dulles