Rise Of American Imperialism

How can a powerful country gain more power and more resources? By manipulating smaller countries into sacrificing their sovereignty and resources, any tyrannical entities can gluttonously devour the resources of the world. Just as the Nazis ravaged Europe in a desperate out reach for political power, imperialistic policies always lead to governmental or sociopolitical collapse. One example of an imperialistic entity's collapse would be the collapse of the British empire in the 20th century and it's decomposition into smaller sovereignty entities. As the British, roman, and Nazi empires all demonstrated, imperialistic entities are doomed to over expand and collapse over internal failure to cope with external and internal conflicts. Imperialistic
policies inevitably result in more political complications and resource consumption than the democratic interaction of the related entities would, and as such, imperialism is inferior to democracy in any long-term application.

Unfortunately, some entities operate under the belief that imperialistic policies are the only way to achieve significant goals, and are therefore the only acceptable policies for implementation as foreign policies.
This is a logical conclusion if you consider the military success of imperialistic entities such as the British or roman empires during the climax of their rule. Imperialistic policies can, as demonstrated by the roman, Nazi, and British empires, bring a short period of political and economic success far above what can be achieved by more democratic policies. However, the benefits of imperialism are almost always short lived and destroy the effected entity's stability for an extended period. Therefore, in long-term implementations such as considerations for the future of humanity, imperialism is not only counterproductive, but also
counterintuitive.

The long-term implications of imperialistic policies have several extremely detrimental economic & military effects.
Among other things, imperialism implies armed conflicts and resource diversion, which are, in essence, extremely costly. One example of how imperialistic war can be detrimental to all involved is how this type of war destroys lives and communities, including the lives of innocent civilians. Imperialism also leads to the dissolution of borders, which leads to immigration, which can lead to the spread of disease the receiving territory is unprepared to contract. Imperialistic behavior also leads to more expedient globalization and the abuse of less organized territories for both outsourcing, and the evasion of legislation. Under most circumstances war can be economically beneficial to countries that act as military suppliers, however in imperialistic war; allies are generally manipulated by the dominating entity in such a fashion as to reap as much benefit as possible and deprive the supplying ally of any economic
gains.

The long-term implications of imperialistic policies also have several extremely detrimental sociopolitical effects. Among other things, imperialism leads to war and consequently unethical conflict which can both cause extreme fluctuations in global relations and can spark an explosion global hostility. The sociopolitical effects of imperialistic policies display immeasurable significance in that they can cause the ethnocentrism and internal hostility that leads to racism and aggressive classism. This is well demonstrated by Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany and their extreme prejudice toward certain groups, and specifically their Jewish population. Successful imperialism also causes the direct assimilation of the controlled territories, resulting in the loss of diversity as demonstrated by the British Empire. Not only does imperialism cause the destruction of culture and free will, but it also manages to cause internal hostility that leads to rebellion and extreme losses to all involved.

Directly imperialistic policies destroy global stability and inhibit democratic sociopolitical development. When countries implement imperialistic policies, they compromise their ability to satisfy their obligation to their people. This is because, in implementing imperialistic policies, said country would be indirectly or directly causing the death and destruction displayed when a country exerts their power over another country. The terror of imperialism has been repeated throughout history and repeatedly, proven to be a failure as great as the communist experiment. Imperialism causes global hostility and complexity that compromises the American Dream's ideal future.