Would you consider America to be an empire?

I think in some ways America is an empire because America is a very strong nation and we like to show others that we are strong (empires typically also like to do this). For example, when President Truman ordered the military to bomb Hiroshima, it wasn’t just a retaliation thing, it was also to show that we have the capabilities to completely wipe out cities and that we have the nuclear power and technological advancements to create massive weapons.

But in some ways, I think we aren’t an empire because empires really want to expand the land they own and I think that if America was an empire, we would definitely want to expand our land. We are right in the middle of Mexico and Canada, Mexico being right in the middle of us and South America. South America is very good for trading so I think if we were an empire we would try to expand out land by taking over Mexico to get to South America. But we haven’t done that, and I don’t think we ever will.

I only put one reason for both sides, I have other reasons but I want to hear your opinions also. :)