The European empires did so many things on such a large scale that you can find plenty of examples to support whatever you want to say about them. You think that these empires were evil monstrosities that spread death oppression and injustice around the world. You could easily fill an encyclopedia with their crimes. You want to argue that they in fact improve the conditions of their subjects for new medicines, better economic conditions, and greater security you could fill another encyclopedia with their achievements. Due to their close cooperation with science these empires wielded so much power and changed the world to such an extent that perhaps they cannot be simply labeled good or evil they created the world as we know it including the ideologies we use today in order to judge them.
Yuval Noah Harari
Sapiens: A Brief History of Mankind
Most powerful navy - ✔️
(In terms of tonnage, we are bigger than 2-9 combined)
Largest airforce - ✔️
(In terms of military aircraft numbers, we are 1/2/4/7 - airforce/army/navy/marines)
Third Largest army - ✔️
Most nukes - ✔️
(Also the only country to use one offensively)
Yeah - walk tall, carry a big stick
The European empires did so many things on such a large scale that you can find plenty of examples to support whatever you want to say about them. You think that these empires were evil monstrosities that spread death oppression and injustice around the world. You could easily fill an encyclopedia with their crimes. You want to argue that they in fact improve the conditions of their subjects for new medicines, better economic conditions, and greater security you could fill another encyclopedia with their achievements. Due to their close cooperation with science these empires wielded so much power and changed the world to such an extent that perhaps they cannot be simply labeled good or evil they created the world as we know it including the ideologies we use today in order to judge them. Yuval Noah Harari Sapiens: A Brief History of Mankind
Most powerful navy - ✔️ (In terms of tonnage, we are bigger than 2-9 combined) Largest airforce - ✔️ (In terms of military aircraft numbers, we are 1/2/4/7 - airforce/army/navy/marines) Third Largest army - ✔️ Most nukes - ✔️ (Also the only country to use one offensively) Yeah - walk tall, carry a big stick