re: Empire and the U.S.
"While we can drift into the subject of U.S. colonization, I think the point I was trying to make was on isolationism, not colonialism."
And what is colonialism. Insisting people have human rights?
Stopping international criminals from earning a living. Or things expecting African countries not to bring conventional powerplants [coal, oil, nuclear, or even hydro] but instead depend on solar panels and/or windmills.
Or is colonialism suppose to be some code word for trade- the evil of something like McDonalds, Windows, and/or The Rolling Stones?