Here is what I use to justify we are, in fact, an Empire:CGP Grey- American Empire https://youtu.be/ASSOQDQvVLU?si=SuNDHN5Vmeozya2gSecond Thought- How America Took Over the World https://youtu.be/NpjDyhGyjNk?si=Unft5DqzsRx2EGsH