• @DarkFuture
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      66 hours ago

      I mean it’s true. It’ll be an empire because we have a ton of firepower and aggression. It’ll just be an evil empire.

      Sorry world. I didn’t vote for the orange dipshit and his enablers.

    • @atempuser23
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      56 hours ago

      Still a pale imitation of the British, they had a real empire. America had Puerto Rico and Guam .

      • @[email protected]
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        32 hours ago

        I think you’re neglecting the Manifest Destiny period of westward expansion, and you’re limiting your consideration to the paradigm of colonial empire. The American empire is different, it’s a neo-colonial empire.

        I’m a rank amateur but in my limited understanding of history it seems similar to the ancient Persian empire: basically a system of client states each with a permitted level of autonomy within a framework of tribute/favorable trade relations. Enforced with a network of garrisons.

        When the CIA backs a coup and installs a friendly government that signs a defense pact, and makes it easy for American capital to thrive, what would you call that state other than a client state?

        That’s just my understanding as a lay person though, how do you understand it?