Anti-Imperialists Want To Improve The World; Liberals Just Want To Feel Good About Themselves - Attack the System

Caitlin Johnstone Apr 05, 2026 Reading by Tim Foley: Ultimately what separates the anti-imperialist left from mainstream liberal “humanitarians” is whether you’re in it for humanity or for yourself. For the liberal, wanting peace and justice is more of an abstraction than a desire to fight the concrete power structures responsible for the lack of

Attack the System - Anarcho-Pluralism & All the News That's Not Fit to Print
FTA: "The western anti-imperialist recognizes that both mainstream political parties in their country promote the warmongering, militarism, capitalist exploitation and imperialist extraction which sustain the western empire, and they oppose the abuses of both parties whoever happens to be in office. The liberal “humanitarian” only recognizes wrongdoing in one mainstream political faction while proudly supporting and voting for the other, because this allows them to feel like they’re helping." (e