"With great power, comes great responsibility", that's a quote from the movie, Spiderman. The superpower known as America is a stranger to that concept however, because it can't stop waging incessant, futile wars. With the rapidity that change can occur in geopolitics these days, this callous American attitude can easily provoke a catastrophic global war. Although one can justifiably blame the elites for this debacle,At a fundamental level, most Americans don't even realize that they live in an Empire.. Experts who stand to gain from wars are paraded on TV to inform the public about the great dangers of a foreign enemy. Then there are politicians who are all bought and paid for by the lobbyists from the military-banking-security complex. Corporate media also obediently regurgitates all the talking points of the Deep State.Americans just absorb and internalize all the biased information from pundits, politicians and the media without any filters. The question, "Can this be propaganda?" never crosses most people's minds. So, if you don't discuss imperialism and war-profiteering, what else is there do think about? Only the country we want to attack.The targeted country never gets a chance to defend itself. Americans never listen to the foreign leader or the foreign media. That would just be a crazy idea! So America turns into a Grand Jury. American experts present the case and Americans always indict the defendant. Then polls show that a vast majority of Americans are sufficiently brainwashed to support a military action, and the bombs start flying away.There is a reason that the social engineering elites broadcast World War II movies a zillion times a month on cable TV. This propaganda has two myths:Americans don't see the patterns or the plots, since they have the memory of a goldfish. Question: Didn't we just attack Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia, Yemen, Libya and Syria? Answer: I can't remember! All I know is Iran is evil! The elites can sell a series of wars, one by one, and Americans will buy them. Heck, the elites can lay out the plan and say, "We are going to attack these countries in the coming years ," but it just doesn't register.The goldfish memory, along with complete apathy towards foreign affairs, also results in guilt-free wars. Question: Was Libya prosperous under Gaddafi? After the American bombing campaign, is it completely devastated and torn apart by civil war and jihadist groups? Answer: I don't know, I don't care!The guilt is also washed away by fake humanitarian gestures such as accepting refugees. The modus operandi is to destroy a hundred homes in a foreign country and accept one family as a refugee. Or better yet, send ten families to Europe. Getting rid of a dictator and welcoming people into your country ... that's a double dose of oxytocin (the empathy hormone)!America's military adventures are treated like TV series. If "Season 1: Libya" ends, Americans can't wait for "Season 2: Syria." They know that the episodes will be gripping and dramatic. Terrorists, a nation being totally ruined in a civil war, an evil dictator struggling to survive, the CIA arming and training freedom fighters ... it's gonna be a blockbuster! Just as they turn off their critical thinking while watching "reality" shows, people simply consume the Hollywood-style scripts written by war propagandists and the fake news media. Theoretically, people could dismantle the mainstream narratives with a little bit of research. But no, that would ruin all the fun.There's hardly any self-reflection in America.. Since Americans don't care about history or geopolitics, they believe that this entertainment will go on forever.America's foreign policy cannot be based on the "Harvey Weinstein Doctrine." Weinstein thinks that because he's rich and powerful, he has the right to plunder women. When women refuse to sleep with him, he destroys their careers.America can be an Empire or a Republic, but not both. An Empire is very expensive to maintain; it makes a lot of enemies around the world; and it sacrifices the homeland in order to desperately preserve its power abroad. And it always, eventually, collapses. America can be - or rather, can only be - prosperous and strong without engaging in perpetual wars and aggression. Unfortunately, there is no sign that the people in charge of the Empire have any plans to change their deluded ways. There's nowhere to go but down.