What would be good to focus on next might be What is \'American Empire\'? I would suggest it\'s an illusion because what it brings to mind is some nationalistic enterprise based on the aggrandisement or at least the furthering of it\'s own interests. This, I believe is no longer true. The \'American Empire\' has been co-opted, hollowed out, destroyed by the now reigning corporatocracy represented by the Bush/Cheney Admin. Whether the American citizenry will ever be able to regain control of their country remains to be seen; the difference between the two political parties exists in the sense that they have different goals, seemingly, but corporate interests also strongly influence the electoral success of both. One is completely craven the other is beholden. The media must be reregulated to eliminate monopoly and the \'war chests\' for the running of candidates will have to be limited equally before we will ever see any possible return to nationhood in any real sense.

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