Comments by "Ginny Jolly" (@ginnyjollykidd) on "Hindustan Times"
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I'm not so sure about saying America is an empire, although I may be a biased American. The US is one country, not like the British Empire which comprised several countries (including Canada, India, and Australia). The British Empire had countries across the world. Now it recognizes much of its former colonies as sovereign nations, but each of them is loyal to the Crown. If not loyal, then friendly mates. America has supported Britain at war even as America has supplied allies with troops and arms, for better or worse.
Indeed, America has been snidely called "Big Brother" after the governing body in the book 1984. Many commentators ("talking heads") have also upbraided the American Military as Big Brother, too. Throwing our military might around.
There are checks and balances in the US government, and it is governed by not only the President, but also by Congress (House of Representatives and Senate) and Judicial (US Supreme Court of the United States and the lower systems of courts) branches.
The President cannot declare war. Only Congress has that right. The House of Representatives can impeach a federal government office holder including and most well-known being the President, but only the Senate can try and convict threw one impeached.
Different divisions have their specific duties and privileges.
Besides that, The First Amendment gives the right to Americans of freedom of speech, something which has kept us together as a country since we started. How? By allowing people to let off steam. You can say, "The President is a fink!" and you won't get arrested and tried for treason. It has helped diffuse so much anger and disgruntlement. But freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of peaceable assembly, and freedom to redress grievances—and freedom of religion—have allowed Americans to come up with creative ways to grow this country.
For instance, Muhammed Ali, famous boxer, Olympic gold medal winner, and humanitarian protested the Viet Nam War. He said he as a brown man was not going to another country to kill another brown man. Such was the controversy over that war. Americans all over the country protested it. Many did get arrested for supposedly rioting (not peaceable assembly, but the lines were blurred), but there was a lot of coverage by the American press, and Americans learned about it and made their own minds up about it.
The American Founding Fathers made the decision not to allow or make tariffs from state to state because it would cost too much to transport goods from coast to coast where you could easily cross ten states from California to New York.
I don't see America falling apart. We are bound economically, we're friendly with our neighbors Canada and Mexico, and we have never had to conscript soldiers since the 1960's. We have an all volunteer military!
We have many things a lot of countries might be jealous of.
We don't have a military culture. We don't have mandatory military service. We move freely between states. We vote for our leaders, and we have Rule of Law as much as adversarial counsel (lawyers; attorneys) in court.
We also have checks on that, too. If a court cases lost, the person can take it to a higher court, who reviews it for proper procedure and presentation of evidence.
There is so much in our United States Constitution about who does what, that it has been a successful blueprint for this country for nearly 250 years. I don't see our cohesive nation falling apart very soon.
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