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[-] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 1 points 10 months ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifest_destiny

Just ignoring the concept of neocolonialism for a second, most American land was stolen through conquest. That the American Empire is not currently aggressively expanding is irrelevant, did Rome not count as an empire when its borders were stable?

[-] z00s@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

That would be interesting, to compare the land mass of the US with the max size of the Roman empire. My guess is that the romans would win by a hair.

But the Brits would definitely win because they have Australia, which is almost as big as the continental US just in itself, let alone all the other countries they conquered.

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