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[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works -4 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Well of course, as long as the US has halfway working elections, it's technically not an empire. So it's well hidden, if it really is one.

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Having elections by no means disqualifies something from being an empire. See the British Empire, for example

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

oh you mean the one that split and decolonised soon after it no longer had royal rulers and actually elected its leaders

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

No I don't, not sure what you're thinking of

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