Isolationist America was not isolated from the world. We spend more money on our military than the next ten largest spending nations combined. But empires come with a problem: because they control other people’s countries, they generate resistance, and thus continuous wars on their periphery.
In order to break the propaganda lock the imperial project has on the public psyche, the left needs an argument that is big, easy to understand, and makes common sense around the kitchen table.
The historical record of the US in coddling dictators, and torturers, violating international law, and invading other countries, mocks the claim that we are fighting for human rights, democracy, and national sovereignty.
