Is America the first empire where foreign adventures are sustained by internal taxation instead of the other way around?
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I think that argument works for eg, maintaining a global high seas naval presence, not so much for Iraq/Afghanistan
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absolutely re the former. arguably re the latter (I mean, ** I ** am not arguing it, but I can construct an argument that "beating down barbarians who use chemical weapons / fly planes into towers" is either a core part of empire, or an unavoidable side effect of the good part)
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