Jon:

I didn't mean you had a narrow view. I meant that "business is only about making money" is a narrow view. It's like saying weather is all about figuring out the temperature, or all travel is about mph.

Kevin -- I don't believe the United States is an empire. I concur it has more influence on the world than any other nation. But the empires of today, for good or ill, are not those of nations but of corporate networks. Many of these were started in the US, because it has a culture which supports enterprise and innovation, generally. But they aren't the nation.

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