“In Texas, for instance, Austin is clearly “blue” while West Texas is clearly “red.” If our state attempted to secede from the Union, I’m not sure which side would lead the effort”
The ones with the most guns, silly.
The US is not an Empire.
Some old neighbor of a friend was saying this while my family and I were visiting. I hate to argue when I’m a guest but he said we are a conquering imperial nation in front of the children
So I asked him what nations did we take over, under our constitution (so not counting the Bush family empire).
He said eh, eh, duh, doh, uh, Guam. We took over Guam
I asked him if that was what he was seriously going to use to argue that the US with the best fighting force ever is imperial
He said eh yeah.
He was used to my wimpy friend and her wimpy husband, a typical Air Force Pilot. Ready to let people walk all over the US unless they have orders.