British imperialism. America inherited the groundwork laid out by the British but being a former colony themselves, it's uncomfortable with the idea. American

British imperialism. America inherited the groundwork laid out by the British but being a former colony themselves, it's uncomfortable with the idea. American imperialism is such an overused propaganda term from the Soviet-friendly bloc., it's actually quite laughable. The more accurate term is American economic hegemony. The rest of the world relies on American institutions that ensure trade between countries flourish because they have long understood that without economic activity and dependence, it has always led to conflicts. Without physical force you cannot act as the single source of truth for everybody trading on your platform. This is why America has the largest and most advanced military in history. They understand the fundamental coupling of diplomatic projection and enforcement of their economic policies. Is America perfect? No. Are they good in all intentions? No. But it works. There has been no world war 1 or 2 scale conflicts for quite some time now. Countries are now tightly ruled by multi-national corporations with backing by central bank that makes compromises and wins concessions according to American policy. It's very expensive and tough to offer an alternative, although China seems to have the right idea by starting AIIB etc., but everyone is wary about the strings that come attached with it, as they've inevitably always has been from American monetary foreign policies. The devil you know is better than the devil you don't. China is a big unknown for the rest of the world. Americans have been around and will be around for this century, unless China successfully manages to usurp their military power, which doesn't seem possible since their military complexes haven't even matched those of the Russia. For instance, producing a stealth fighter from stolen blueprints from Lockheed Martin but not able to produce a jet engine and relying on Russia (who are also wary of having their tech stolen) who sells them expensive crap. If America is an empire, great, because I shudder to think what a Russia or/and China hegemony is going to look like.