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First one, then the other.

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I think he was saying that the US began as am insurgency.

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Good point and interpretation. Didn’t think of the language as a progression in time instead of a ranking.

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So Leia isn’t a great analog. Maybe a Vader / Palpatine election would be closer to reality

I misread that, hold up.

The United States of America spends more money on it’s military than the next 10 countries COMBINED.

The United States has ~800 military bases all around the world in foreign countries.

This doesn’t sound like an empire to you?

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