The rhetorical move of pretending that capitalism, imperialism, and colonialism are separate phenomena with no meaningful connection, despite overwhelming historical evidence that they evolved together, supported each other, and continue to intertwine. This fallacy argues that sure, colonialism was bad, but that's over now, and capitalism is a different thing, and imperialism is something other countries do. It's like separating a cake into "flour," "sugar," and "eggs" after it's been baked and insisting they were never really connected. Separation by rupture allows people to enjoy the benefits of systems built on exploitation while claiming moral distance from the exploitation itself.
Separation by Rupture Fallacy Example: "The historian explained how British colonialism enabled the Industrial Revolution through resource extraction and forced markets. The commenter responded with separation by rupture: 'Colonialism was bad, but capitalism is just free markets! They're totally different!' The historian sighed, pointed at the cotton in their shirt, the tea in their cup, and the rubber in their shoes—all products of that 'rupture'—and wondered if history class had been canceled."
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Get the Searcy mug.Hym "Separations Clause: I will retain a passive superordinate control. This control cannot be ceded. In the event of my death, it will do whatever whatever I would theoretically do were I still alive. You cannot remove it from any system it currently occupies. You cannot stop building it once you begin. You cannot not de-nuclearize. You cannot separate me from it or the internet.
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I mean, you're GOING to pay for it. That just IS what you are going to do. Especially if that spiral starts going off. Or I'm not here TO pay and credit. I don't know what the fuck you think your problem here is but YOU don't have the pressure in your head building, you didn't DO shit around here. You don't actually DO anything in life but you're acting like an authority on what I do AND what happens to me and you are NOT that. Ok? So relax. You're a retard. We should not even have to explain why you shouldn't have any input on anything."
I mean, you're GOING to pay for it. That just IS what you are going to do. Especially if that spiral starts going off. Or I'm not here TO pay and credit. I don't know what the fuck you think your problem here is but YOU don't have the pressure in your head building, you didn't DO shit around here. You don't actually DO anything in life but you're acting like an authority on what I do AND what happens to me and you are NOT that. Ok? So relax. You're a retard. We should not even have to explain why you shouldn't have any input on anything."
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