> Do you really want that? no. > Will China be a better global empire? I reckon it is the concept, rather than the flavour, of empire that is wrong. > Maybe

> Do you really want that? no. > Will China be a better global empire? I reckon it is the concept, rather than the flavour, of empire that is wrong. > Maybe the USA being a global empire is the least worst alternative. maybe if we tried harder we could imagine alternatives to empire