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If you call the US and it’s global influence an empire, then in the 60’s Russia also had an empire. A far more direct one, in fact, as they were occupying Easte
by FredPret 4y ago
If you call the US and it’s global influence an empire, then in the 60’s Russia also had an empire. A far more direct one, in fact, as they were occupying Eastern European countries like Ukraine, Estonia, and so many others.
- digging 4y agoI do call the US "an empire", but I don't refer to "The American Empire" in a discussion of geopolitics. It reeks of bias. The GP wrote "Russian Empire", capitalized, which is the name of a polity that didn't exist in the late 20th century. (And then they later edited their comment to say "(aka the USSR)" to make me look overly pedantic.)
- FredPret 4y agoBut you are being overly pedantic. “USSR” is simply the name Russia gave to its empire.