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[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

i'd say the end of ww2 cemented them as the empire. the monroe doctrine was hemispheric domination as the precursor to global domination.

every other strong world power was weak from the war and they just swooped in and claimed the actual victory and all the spoils to themselves.

[-] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 week ago

I would say probably the Spanish-American War.

Remember: the Maine was a pretense for continued expansionism.

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