>No. You are not. You can argue that much of sixteenth-century Spanish, much
>of seventeenth-century Dutch, some of eighteenth-century British, and some
>of early nineteenth-century white southerner prosperity is based on
>imperialist plunder.
>
>But it's very, very, very difficult to make a serious argument that the
>elimination of imperialism today would be noticed by first-world
>consumers...
Brad, why do you think the U.S. has consistently gone to war, overthrown governments, killed leaders, run death squads, spread disinformation, etc. etc., if the imperial contribution were so minor?
Doug