Hold me, anons, I just realized I'm living in the modern version of the >Holy>Roman>Empire.
>UNITED
huge governmental powers (by modern world standards) to the several states rather than the federal government (i.e. *all* powers not delegated by the Constitution, which includes the general police power)
>STATES
despite above powers, sates are not fully sovereign, we're the only ones who use the term in this way rather than for a sovereign geopolitical entity
>OF AMERICA
I know, we were the only union of states in the Americas when it was formed, thus the name, but "of America", as opposed to "American", implies the whole continent(s).
>>884899
We even have the same obsession with psuedo-Roman iconography.
>>884899
>we're the only ones who use the term this way
Germany, Australia, and several others refers to them as states.
>>884913
I'm sure there's an explanation (perhaps that it's the only common way to represent governmental power without using the symbolism of a crown yet still have a recognizable historical appeal), but it just seems kind of try-hard and imitative when I look at it with fresh eyes.
I don't get why this discussion doesn't happen more often.
The U.S. is the culmination of Europes quest to reclaim its prized era of Roman Imperialism. They tried with the Crusades at first but it didn't work out. Then the Reconquista, then contact with the Americas, the foundation of colonies there, which would eventually become the U.S.
The US is by definition an empire. The military has the capability to strike harder and faster anytime and anyplace than any other country in the world. You can interpret these terrorist attacks as rebel attacks on the Imperial State and her allies.
>MFW I'm an Imperial Citizen
>United
>Kingdom
>Great
>Britain
>Northern
>Ireland
>>884899
Nah, the US is way more powerful than the HRE could ever dream of.
