“Rome has grown so much from its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its greatness.”
Titus Livius
“What we have freed ourselves of, however, is any genuine consciousness of how we might look to others on this globe. Most Americans are probably unaware of how Washington exercises its global hegemony, since so much of this activity takes place either in relative secrecy or under comforting rubrics.
Many may, as a start, find it hard to believe that our place in the world even adds up to an empire. But only when we come to see our country as both profiting from and trapped within the structures of an empire of its own making will it be possible for us to explain many elements of the world that otherwise perplex us.”
Chalmers Johnson
“We are imperial, and we are in decline.”
Lawrence Wilkerson
If we have an “Empire” it is different than any preceding it because it is one based on sending wealth from here to there instead of bringing it from there to here.
We should consider doing something about that.