Brooks Adams
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Sep 21, 2026
John GreenHOST
In the end, imperialism was really driven by economic necessity.
John GreenHOST
In 1902, Brooks Adams predicted in his book, The New Empire, that the U.S. would soon, quote, outweigh any single empire, if not all empires combined.
John GreenHOST
Within 20 years, America would be the world's leading economic power.
John GreenHOST
We didn't have the most overseas territory, but ultimately that didn't matter.