These include the preservation of competition and stability in financial markets, not to mention issues like the environment and social justice. It is not now primarily a matter of territorial conquest or direct military or colonial control. It is not now a matter of capitalist powers invading non-capitalist powers in order to bleed them dry directly and by brute force.
Military force is still central to the imperialist project, in some ways more than ever.
This focus on money and power may do wonders in the marketplace, but it creates a tremendous crisis in our society. Their need for meaning is just as intense as their need for economic security.