RE: What’s Left?
February 4, 2020 at 3:19 am
(This post was last modified: February 4, 2020 at 3:29 am by WinterHold.)
(February 3, 2020 at 11:59 am)Abaddon_ire Wrote:(February 3, 2020 at 8:49 am)AtlasS33 Wrote: The U,S is a falling empire, that's for sure.
Amusing. The US is not and has never been an empire by any description. That is mere islamic rhetoric.
Has the US overseas possessions? Yup.
Has the US hurled military might? Yup.
Has the US supported some nations? Yup.
Is the US an empire of anything? Nope.
Right now, it is dwindling in influence on anything much. Somehow, you and your superstitious cohorts are going to have to seek some new "SATAN" to have a total downer upon. And without doubt, you will inevitably find a new target, because if one seeks targets the only certain thing is that one will find them wherever one looks. And you are looking really, really hard.
Well sorry. I am willing to stand against any superstitious crap. Deal with it.
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empire
/ˈɛmpʌɪə/
noun
noun: empire; plural noun: empires
1.
an extensive group of states or countries ruled over by a single monarch, an oligarchy, or a sovereign state.
"the Roman Empire"
The U.S is an empire following the definition.
Underestimating the size of America, and the huge number of governments depending on its stability -and most importantly the stability of its currency-, is quite offensive to the intelligence of the reader.
If America falls, and its currency falls with it, we'll see the whole globe changing, that's why Trump is dangerous, and that's why he has a whole Oligarch wing ruling America besides him.
(February 3, 2020 at 12:14 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: "Evil Empire" must be used. Childish, but that's the internet for you.
Not childish at all, I mean its the first empire to deploy atomic bombs without a shame; killing hundreds of thousands of civilians. The foreign policy of America is not just evil; it's almost Satanic.
(February 3, 2020 at 1:54 pm)Fireball Wrote: OK, when I think of an empire, I think imperialist. Maybe that's the connotation that Atlas is thinking with. I personally don't see the US as an empire- it isn't imperial and is egalitarian (at least in theory).
It is imperialist, but by proxy. It doesn't invade like the past; it buys the loyalty of dictators turning them into a proxy fighting for its interest.
