We Are the Evil Empire We’ve Been Looking for | Common Dreams
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The U.S. has the mega-weapons and the urge to dominate of Darth Vader and yet, miraculously enough, we continue to believe that we’re Luke Skywalker.
  • BrainInABox@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Having elections by no means disqualifies something from being an empire. See the British Empire, for example

      • aeshna_cyanea@lemm.ee
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        2 months ago

        Bro it’s literally still a monarchy. The monarch just hasn’t been in charge since like, 1689. The british empire absolutely functioned as a parliamentary democracy