Late post- July 3rd -"American Empire"

We are the current empire! We have our hands in the cookie jar of the world.
"The U.S. global presence everywhere might be seen as an "informal empire,"similar to the ones that Europeans exercised in China and the Middle East during the nineteenth century" (Strayer, Pg. 1033). We are doing that now, we have our noses in all the World's business- our American government is always trying to get a cut of the pie- that world pie! "In all cases of dominant powers, they seek to use economical penetration, political pressure, and periodic military action to create societies and governments compatible with their values and interests, but without directly governing large populations for long periods" (Strayer, Pg. 1033). This brings me to today, we go over to other countries and set up shops, houses, communities, etc, etc. We take over their communities, land and resources without officially taking over.