NO THE US AND EU ARE NOT EMPIRES. BUT… US, EU, and NATO are federations(US, EU

NO THE US AND EU ARE NOT EMPIRES. BUT…
US, EU, and NATO are federations(US, EU) and alliances (NATO, US&EU) since membership is voluntary. And while the US federal govt is imperial since the Civil War over domestic states, the EU is purely federal. How do you know? You can’t leave an empire. You can leave a federation or an alliance. The american model is superior to the eu model because of the limited and technical criteria of the constitution, but the eu model is superior to the US model becase a state (or territory) cannot secede and restore self determination.

The general concept is that federations are necessary defense, trade, credit and insurance capacities. While sovereign states are necessary for self determination. WHile empires have no utility other than domestication and conversion of pre-state territories, into functional states that can then participate in a federation.

A star is born so to speak.

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