EMPIRE

Truthout: The Third Stage of American Empire By William Rivers Pitt

There have been three stages of American empire
since the creation of
this nation. Each has fed the other, and each has been
established and
fortified by war. More importantly, each has been fortified by the vast profits
derived by the few in the making of war. The first two stages did not
collapse, so much as they were absorbed by the next iteration, carrying
over all circumstances and attendant difficulties. We exist today within the
third stage of empire, one that is sick at the core.