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This 5 page paper considers this question: "Is the United States of America, an imperial power promoting democracy and capitalism to the rest of the world?" This is actually four questions in one: is the U.S. an imperialist state? Can an imperialist state "promote" democracy and capitalism; that is, can it force other nations to accept an ideology? And if so, is that what it's doing, and how? The paper discusses all four questions. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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capitalism to the rest of the world?" This is actually four questions in one: is the U.S. an imperialist state? Can an imperialist state "promote" democracy and capitalism; that is,
can it force other nations to accept an ideology? And if so, is that what its doing, and how? Is the U.S. an Imperialist Nation? The United States is supposed
to be a democracy, but is it? Or is it an imperialist state? The short answer is yes, its imperialist in its foreign relations but still (at least slightly) democratic
at home. This weird hybrid is the result of the tumult of the most violent century the world has ever known. The 20th Century, with two world wars, Korea, Vietnam,
the Falklands, the U.S. invasion of Panama, the Gulf War, the current mess in Iraq, the Iraq-Iran War-the list goes on and on-is the most violent period in history. From
brush fire wars to full-scale global conflict, the world has convulsed itself in the last 100 years, with the result that the only superpower left is the United States. By
default, then, the U.S. is the hegemonic ruler of the planet; "hegemony" is defined as "the dominance of one group over other groups, with or without the threat of force,
to the extent that, for instance, the dominant party can dictate the terms of trade to its advantage; more broadly, cultural perspectives become skewed to favor the dominant group" (Hegemony,
2006). The U.S. is the dominant nation on Earth, and even those countries and people who passionately resent it cannot help but be influenced by it and, to some extent,
copy it. However, a hegemony doesnt necessarily turn into an empire; that is, it doesnt have to happen that way. But in the case of the United States, we
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