The US didn’t start being an empire until after WW2

When you’re young you vow to yourself not to change which as it turns out isn’t that hard. Trouble is the world changes around you. Then you find yourself shaking your fist at the clouds and realize you sound like your parents

First you go to birthday parties, then party parties, then graduation parties, bachelor/bachelorette parties, weddings, your friend’s kid’s parties then funerals