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redgreenandblue

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2. IMO, the US is an empire, both the most powerful and the most short-lived in world history.

Sun Sep 29, 2013, 07:57 AM

Sep 2013

It is like the arc of a regular empire was put on steroids and played in fast-forward. The US empire was a the peak of its power shortly after the second World War, after a short and steep rise of only a few decades. The first real "test of empire", the Korean War, ended with a less-than-victory and it pretty much was down hill from there. The USA, by now, has the power to obliterate the whole planet many times over, but aside from that is almost consistently unable to enforce its own interests in various contested areas of the world.

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It's Time to Finally Admit We're an Empire [View all] xchrom Sep 2013 OP

. 1917 Sep 2013 #1

IMO, the US is an empire, both the most powerful and the most short-lived in world history. redgreenandblue Sep 2013 #2

Empire by deception.... Junkdrawer Sep 2013 #3

You left out...free-trade deals. Our's is an empire of capitalist imperialism HereSince1628 Sep 2013 #5

Exactly! bvar22 Sep 2013 #9

That is precisely correct. Enthusiast Sep 2013 #12

if it's an empire, they're doing it wrong. KG Sep 2013 #4

In an informal sense, maybe. WatermelonRat Sep 2013 #6

Of course we're an empire. LWolf Sep 2013 #7

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Not an empire. But we do pretty much rule the world. randome Sep 2013 #10

Oxford Dictionary says we are an empire Generic Other Sep 2013 #11

bruhaha soundsgreat Sep 2013 #13

Sure, the US is an empire. joshcryer Sep 2013 #14