Solid imperialism is armed occupation, bureaucracy, state institutions.
Liquid imperialism is through elements that are exchanged between people: language, money.
Liquid imperialism engulfs from all sides. Drowns them. No direction is free. The liquid routes through all crevices, even from opposing sides.
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The keystone for this edifice is the Judiciary: which enforces English.
Indian languages were systematically destroyed by his government.
This was the model for the parliamentary politics of Congress.
They are still trying the same game. But Indian polity is maturing. After 70 years, the final solid institutions of imperialism are crumbling.
The liquid imperialism will still remain, but can be controlled less effectively.
The monster which is destroying forests, decimating biodiversity, exterminating languages and cultures, needs to be combated on a global scale.
The war is still raging. (End of thread).