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I think the word empire is too loaded to be useful. And mechanisms of conquest and exploitation are different. But the core mechanism is the same. And I think
by throwaway4good 3y ago
I think the word empire is too loaded to be useful. And mechanisms of conquest and exploitation are different. But the core mechanism is the same.
And I think in two hundred years when history is written by someone who is dispassionate about it, the US empire will be seen a continuation of the UK and Dutch empires that was before it.
- ethbr1 3y agoIMHO, the Dutch arc is definitely a more sound comparison. Albeit, as you say, with the military force of the British. The key difference with the post-WWII economic world order was that the US generally tried to ensure that everyone else got theirs. Granted, the US got more, but there was insight that a global economy that benefited all was more stable than a system that left powerful economies outside, with an incentive to topple it.