So, being imperial is following the lessons of history? History says otherwise. That is not what Jefferson wanted.
It’s what the EU wants. José Manuel Barroso unabashedly called the EU an “empire” back in 2007 when he was the head of the unelected EU Commission.
And the USA is not imperialistic. Please stop using left-wing mischaracterizations of the USA that date from the Cold War. Stopping other empires from absconding with undue power is the opposite of imperialism.