alt Hacker News> 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.
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The empire is not defined merely as "a big state with deep foreign influence". In this context it is about the style of governance rather than strength
Either way, I'd just caution that the empire-ness of a country's military or diplomatic reach doesn't necessarily tell us what to expect in terms of its internal hellhole-ness of authoritarianism.
The poster above seems to promote the secession of Texas and other states - what is the next step of the russian propaganda playbook to ruin USA
Rome took some unexpected Ls against the barbarians too. Didn’t change the trajectory of the empire.