@justfinethanku - America inherited the British mantle of empire . More covert than overt now of course.  In the long run, Britain is better off, although the rich became richer. To give you an idea  of who does not benefit for empires: my grandfather was born and bred in the poor side of the capital of the Empire. He had rickets as a boy and did not have a pair of shoes until he was about ten. British was stinking rich from its exploitation of brown, black,red and yellow people. It’s own white poor were exploited too. They fueled the growing industries with their worn-out bodies and filled the ranks of redcoat armies which died everywhere. It is said there is only a handful of modern countries where there are no graves of British soldiers killed in action to keep down rebels and to fill the coffers of the war mongers back home.