Imperialism in America
To gauge the United States as an Imperialistic government, you have to first define several key parts of the question. First of all, what is Imperialism? The dictionary defines it as "the policy of extending a nation's authority by territorial acquisition or by the establishment of economic and political hegemony over other nations", which means that it is the practice of expansion and control, whether through peaceable means or otherwise. So to apply this to the United States would be saying that we are expanding our borders beyond that with which we started. This is a difficult thing to gauge with the United States because since the very beginning of our history we have been a conquering nation, an expanding empire. Truthfully, what did we start with? We started with nothing, and everything that has been gained thus far has been through the expelling of others, most prominently the Indians. The United States has been built on the territory of others since the time of the first colonists, and we are still expanding, now in the interests of oil, and especially we are expanding into the Middle East. It's a difficult thing to show unless one explains the path taken to the present point, and to do so one must look at the history of I
So who is making these decisions, which is leading us into wars, possibly for nothing more than the gain of oil trade rights? Is it just coincidence that some of the biggest Bush supporters are oil companies? No, its not. With the country driven by There is a consistency to the names and countries associated with Imperialism. They are always the most famous countries, the most famous people, and the most powerful. And nearly every single one has fallen, either put down through uprisings, the competition, or financial stupidity. The greatest countries in the world have been empires. Rome, the Ottomans, England, Spain, France under Napoleon. So how did the United States come to be an Imperialistic power then?
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