alt Hacker NewsIt wasn’t just the GOTW. It was much of the 20th century from World War I onward. Each step led to further centralization of government, a larger and larger security apparatus, and more and more foreign entanglements. We are more or less retracing the path of Rome as the Republic expanded militarily until it was no longer practical to run it as a republic and it transitioned to empire.
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If GOTW, actually means GWOT and Global War on Terror, please have courtesy of reading your posts beforehand, and perhaps also not assuming a US audience.
> It wasn’t just the GOTW. It was much of the 20th century from World War I onward.
If you're looking for the seeds of imperialism, you'll find them all the way back to US independence.
The point the article is making is that 2001 was a tipping point in that evolution.
Do you mean GWOT? Global war on terror?
> We are more or less retracing the path of Rome as the Republic expanded militarily until it was no longer practical to run it as a republic and it transitioned to empire.
The current military "excursion" seems to be transitioning the US out of being an empire.