The USA is an Imperialist Power

I live in a country entirely controlled by the United States. I and those around me watch American television shows on American broadcasting stations with American content and American ideals. I buy from American corporations, and I am writing this on a computer with an American operating system, American applications, and an internet that is largely dominated by American thought. My Prime Minister has recently implemented an America-style prison policy and, even worse, has introduced mandatory minimum for the imprisonment of marijuana users, what's more, he bailed out our companies Bush and Obama style in 2008 and yes, he came to power funded by rich investors, Bush and Obama style.. I have nothing against Americans, indeed, I dislike nationalistic fervours of any kind, but I am a realist, and I realize that Canada is controlled by the states. This is not a unique situation, as a matter of fact, America has a sphere of influence throughout the world that is so strong that it is evidently an imperialist power. Thousands of American soldiers are posted in military bases throughout the world, particularly in western Europe, Japan, and SE Asia and the Carribbean. Regimes that do not have American interests are eliminated. Examples of this include intervention by the FBI in Chile in 1973 to depose the democratically elected Salvador Allende and to bring autocratic Augusto Pinochet to power. They also include the invasions of Iraq in 1992 and 2001 in order to protect Kuwaiti oil and then to obtain Iraqi oil at a cheap price, this was after Iraq was sold weapons by the 1980s in order to fuel it's war with Iran in the 1980s - Iraq vs Iran was actually America vs. The Soviet Union, and eventually America one. There are few powers that are truly independent of America on a political level, and virtally none that are independent on an economic level. China's oligarchy is an example of political independence from America, but American branch plants control much of the natural resources in China and it is the American demand for cheap goods that has fueled China's economic boom. Virtually the entier world has adopted capitalist democracy and free market zeal. The most recent acquisitions by the American Empire include many eastern European countries, which have now adopted free market policies. Parallels can be drawn between the American Empire and the Roman Empire as well. For instance, Rome was dominated by a free market policy, and, ironically (or not) later Roman times saw rivalry between the patricians, the aristocracy of Ancient Rome who had ruled for hundreds of years, and the equites, the rich business class, many of them not even citizens, who were undoubtedly the elites and controlled virtually everything that the emperror did not. In the past America's imperialist leanings have been more evident, especially in terms of it's holdings in the South Pacific, but nowadays, even though it remains imerialist, it is more subtle. The North American Free Trade Agreement subtly saw Canada and Mexico become part of America's Empire and it expanded even more with the Dominican Republic - Central America Free Trade Agreement. The USA is an empire like many before it, and, like many before it, it will collapse at some point. However, at present it would seem that it is irrefutable that America DOES have a corporate empire, and will do so, like it or not, for years to come.