If you think Obama wasn't overseeing an empire, I don't know what to tell you. Maybe you should ask the people of Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya about the US drone strikes there.
Oh, that isn't what I mean, and I am willing to accept your view. (And I was joking a bit anyway)
What I mean about the beginning of an empire is, as I said -- the beginning of a true individual, not simply unitary, emperor. That the executive is transforming into l'état, c'est moi, which no US president has had the luxury of ever before, because Congress wouldn't ever have handed over the influence and authority they had.
What I mean about the beginning of an empire is, as I said -- the beginning of a true individual, not simply unitary, emperor. That the executive is transforming into l'état, c'est moi, which no US president has had the luxury of ever before, because Congress wouldn't ever have handed over the influence and authority they had.