A collection of imperialist states that have decided to share the profits of imperialism, is, by most honest people’s definition, an imperialist state itself.

And of course the EU has mechanisms to enforce ‘anti-imperialism’ on its member states. It doesn’t accept states with slavery, it coordinates sanctions against states that invade other countries, it coordinates sanctions against states it believes are not democratic, it can punish its own members for violating EU law.

It’s just not against EU law or morals to own slave states, as long as you have one singular layer of obscurity.

The reason I brought up France, one of the most important members of the EU, one of its only nuclear shields against Russia or the US, one of the most economically contributory members; is because it’s the first one that came to mind — and also it’s really, really fucking bad when you criticize Russia for fucking anything when France has done worse in the last decade and a half and had zero consequences for its actions. Not a single EU member state protested against the France-led war on Libya which resulted in the violent death of a democratically elected leader and now a failed state full of warlords fighting over the remains while EU-backed and endorsed terror groups (Seriously look into Khalifa Haftar) funnel oil to Europe.

The EU is imperialist because the majority of the most contributory member states making it up are imperialist, and it does nothing about it. Because they’re the good imperialists, peacefully raping Africa and the global south.