@tbn97 @CptSuperlative I hope you are right but I fear you are not, and I'm not sure we can rely very much on precedent; there has been no previous nuclear-armed empire [1], nor one with such overwhelming military superiority (although I suppose one might argue the Royal Navy post-Napoleon came close).

[1] let me add "behaving like this" just in case the stub end of the British Empire overlaps with becoming nuclear-armed, although I'd argue it does not.

@tbn97 @CptSuperlative I'm afraid that its empire is very much not, but entering a new era of overt 19th century extractive imperialism - Venezuela being compelled to sell raw resources to the USA and to buy US goods with the money is straight out of the Empress of India's book.

That might not last forever, but it's not immediately clear who or what is going to make them stop.