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I'm back on a different IP range, my connection got cut off.

Yes, America is just as much an empire as Russia is. This has been the case even during the Soviet Union. Everything you are told by the media about America is probably hugely fabricated, just like we are told about Russia. I will tell you this, nothing is black and white, no government is innocent. Russia may have censorship, so does America (we have court cases over this all the time). Russia has anti-war protests, so does America. Americans have political prosecution for certain beliefs, so does Russia. Same with the surveillance state. It's just different politics in different competing empires. All the "muh freedom" stuff you hear about America is overblown, the only thing we hung onto so far is our 2nd Amendment. But even that is under constant attack by our own government.