Empire Comes Home to the U.S.
History is catching up with the United States, as the center of the most globe-spanning empire in history is now coming home to its own shores.
The scenes of troops in the streets, with people being seized and hauled off to camps, ordered by a would-be strongman who acts as a law unto himself, have been witnessed in many countries, including Chile, Brazil, Guatemala, Iran, and Indonesia, often spurred by U.S. covert actions.
Empires can pursue dictatorial policies in their colonial reaches while preserving liberal democracy in their domestic metropoles, thanks to the wealth provided by empire.
Now we see the same brute assertions of absolute power coming to the U.S., for much the same reasons.
Author's summary: Empire's impact comes home.