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Originally Posted by Itse
Arguably? Maybe. Objectively? That's ridiculous.
The British Empire reached every continent and covered almost a quarter of the world's population and a fifth of its landmass, and that's just internally. The Mongolian Empire also covered about 25% of the worlds population, as did the Roman Empire, and again, those are just internal numbers. All of them also had a influence in trade and diplomacy around them. The Brits and Mongols were also actively kingmaking outside their borders.
At the height of the cold war, Americans were legitimately worried of growing Japanese influence in their own country to such an extent that Americans were afraid that they might get culturally colonized (famously portrayed in Blade Runner for example). How do you square that with "vassal state"?  |
I edited to remove "Objectively".
Fair points made, yet I still remain in support of my position.
I will however look deeper into some of the historical empires under discussion.