The Article “We Don’t Do Empire” by Bernard Porter discusses the idea of modern imperialism in America and how it compares to Britain’s imperialistic ways. Bernard Porter uses this article to discuss just how similar and different our foreign policies are to those of the British back in the 1800s. Presidents and people have been indenial of such claims, but Porter’s article makes it known that we may not have a reason to deny these claims after all. Though many of these claims can be supported, it is important to note the differences too, for the sake of the argument. While reading this article, I learned many of the “glaring similarities” discussed. One similarity talked about compared how 19th century Britain compared to 21st century America’s
