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At the risk of getting too political for HN, I think we need fewer of all three. What business does the US government have effectively acting as an imperial pow
by MsMowz 9y ago
At the risk of getting too political for HN, I think we need fewer of all three. What business does the US government have effectively acting as an imperial power in 2017? I'm with you that we shouldn't be risking lives as often, but we can accomplish that in multiple ways.
- Hydraulix989 9y agoI moved from the US to Asia last summer. Not quite sure what the US is doing differently than other governments. Imperialism has been dead for quite some time.
- _jgdh 9y agoI'm not from America or Europe or China, but many countries might prefer the status quo of American hegemony to imperialism by any other country because they prefer a known devil. Starting 2030 you could ask what business the Chinese have acting as an imperial power but the answer then will be as obvious then as it is now - because they can.
- tdb7893 9y agoIn under the impression that the US acts as an imperial power firstly because it's very integrated into the world economically and diplomatically so it works hard to protect those interests. It's easy to say that the US shouldn't have to do these things but it seems that the US involving themselves pretty heavily in world politics is good for them even if the overall effect on others is more debatable (especially with some large missteps recently)