Caitlin as excellent as ever, but let me propose a simple theory
Perhaps the USA (aided by its friends) is not really an empire at all, but just a bunch of financiers wanting to extort wealth through selling war, chaos and "protection", while clinging to the US-dollar printing press? Then of course the stories make perfect sense.
Imagine running the biggest organized crime syndicate on the planet, backed by a nuclear arsenal that could end humanity, and also having the ability to print your own money.
Caitlin as excellent as ever, but let me propose a simple theory
Perhaps the USA (aided by its friends) is not really an empire at all, but just a bunch of financiers wanting to extort wealth through selling war, chaos and "protection", while clinging to the US-dollar printing press? Then of course the stories make perfect sense.
Imagine running the biggest organized crime syndicate on the planet, backed by a nuclear arsenal that could end humanity, and also having the ability to print your own money.
It doesn't get any more gangster than that.
Those are basically one in the same.