[wildcard_redneck]

"Britain, France, Belgium, Netherlands et.al. have all relinquished their empires. The USA voluntarily gave the Philippines full independence after WW2. Only Moscow refuses to accept that the era of empires is OVER, and demands to re-construct theirs by force of arms, at the expense of the peoples who were finally freed in 1991."

That is how a moron thinks or a Marxist would lie. You really don't see that American is and empire do you? It is an empire but they just call it the "Rules Based Order" and you are dumb enough to be fooled.

[Chad C. Mulligan]

How can anybody claim there is an American Empire when the USA has annexed ZERO territory in the last 100+ years. NOWHERE has America forced residents to obtain American citizenship, on threat of deportation, denial of social services, denial even of basic medical care? That’s what Russia is doing in Ukraine, RIGHT MOW.

[yuleeyahoo]

The U.S. is an empire and a hegemony.

“In theories of imperialism, the hegemonic order dictates the internal politics and the societal character of the subordinate states that constitute the hegemonic sphere of influence, either by an internal, sponsored government or by an external, installed government.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hegemony