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> overall been quite friendly an empire. Yes they friendly helped install military dictatorships in Latin American countries. They friendly invaded Iraq under

> overall been quite friendly an empire. Yes they friendly helped install military dictatorships in Latin American countries. They friendly invaded Iraq under false pretenses. They friendly waged wars and used economic sanctions against countries that for on reason or another didn't conform to their dominant position. Don't misunderstand me. The US has the power to oppress, and is an opressor. It is business as usual. Just cut the crap of calling it "friendly".

partiallypro 3y ago
Relatively speaking it's undeniable that the US has been the most "friendly" "empire" or "super power" in World history. That doesn't mean it's never done anything wrong.
- Timon3 3y ago
  Can you share any research or resources on this topic that have led you to this conclusion?
  - dr_hooo 3y ago
    Could you also just share which previous empire you believe has been more "friendly"?
    - Timon3 3y ago
      I don't know how friendly or unfriendly previous empires were, so I'd like to read up more on it, but I honestly don't know what keywords I'd look for. Asking the one who made the claim for references seems like the best way for me to understand their comment better. Why do you expect me to provide arguments counter to theirs?
      - FreshStart 3y ago
        You want to look out for border regions, the small nations were other empires ended and went back and forth. You look for civil wars (empire lovers VS suppressed), cultural extinction attempts and empire imitators.. Aka small nations behaving atrocious to remain free by mimicry.. Sift through history and you get to know alot of empires that were and are worser.
        Timon3 3y ago
        But that's not what GP was talking about. They said "the US has been the most friendly empire". It doesn't matter if a lot of empires were worse.
- fooker 3y ago
  This is only true if you live in a handful of North America and West European countries.
  - partiallypro 3y ago
    It's just true in general, past empires were far more brutal than the US.

partiallypro 3y ago

Relatively speaking it's undeniable that the US has been the most "friendly" "empire" or "super power" in World history. That doesn't mean it's never done anything wrong.

Timon3 3y ago
Can you share any research or resources on this topic that have led you to this conclusion?
- dr_hooo 3y ago
  Could you also just share which previous empire you believe has been more "friendly"?
  - Timon3 3y ago
    I don't know how friendly or unfriendly previous empires were, so I'd like to read up more on it, but I honestly don't know what keywords I'd look for. Asking the one who made the claim for references seems like the best way for me to understand their comment better. Why do you expect me to provide arguments counter to theirs?
    - FreshStart 3y ago
      You want to look out for border regions, the small nations were other empires ended and went back and forth. You look for civil wars (empire lovers VS suppressed), cultural extinction attempts and empire imitators.. Aka small nations behaving atrocious to remain free by mimicry.. Sift through history and you get to know alot of empires that were and are worser.
      - Timon3 3y ago
        But that's not what GP was talking about. They said "the US has been the most friendly empire". It doesn't matter if a lot of empires were worse.
fooker 3y ago
This is only true if you live in a handful of North America and West European countries.
- partiallypro 3y ago
  It's just true in general, past empires were far more brutal than the US.