Are empires ever justified?

Question

why is it or why isn't it?

Answer 1

If you mean good (as in the absence of evil, or at least a justification of such), then no. But to me it seems that empires (or dictatorships) are a "natural" part of the cycle of humanity. With all the problems in the world, humans try to find a way to eliminate them. We go with various ideas (such as democracy, religion, lack of religion, philosophy, etc.), but we never fully get rid of problems.

Sometimes the fear of problems (such as overpopulation, food shortages, diseases, etc.) becomes so strong that people become willing to give up certain rights and responsibilities to try to get rid of of those problems. They become willing to believe anything is a cause and that removal of that cause will end the problem. Hitler used this with the Jews. He blamed them for Communism (since the one who came up with the idea, Karl Marx, was Jewish). And anyone who didn't care about that, he used the idea that the Jews were responsible for killing Jesus. He blamed all problems on the Jews and the Germans, wanting rid of their economic problems were willing to accept that and then join Hitler in his quest to rid the world of Jews. Thus giving way to a German Nazi empire.

Stalin did the same, consolidating power on the fear that capitalist American spies had infiltrated his entire government and were trying to destroy the Soviet Union. He convinced enough people to fear it that they gave him basically unlimited power. There are many more examples, but these two should suffice for what I'm saying.

The presence of these empires essentially showed what consolidation of power (which always leads to evil) can do. Because of this, other humans rose up against these empires. They realized as bad as all those problems of economy or disease or whatever else those empires promised to fix, they were still better than the loss of the freedoms. They realized those responsibilities they were trying to give up were necessary to live like humans were intended to live by God (or as close to it as we can get in this world).

Those that fought against the empire would probably have done the same as the Germans or Russians did (or so many others) if they had not seen the evil inherent in those empires. So the presence of the empire restored good to a world system that was giving up on good because they weren't able to deal with world problems satisfactorily while maintaining an overall level of good. The presence of empire gave us reason to fight again for what is ours (both freedom and responsibility).

Answer 2

Empires are built by a settling process of communities and that depicts the government of those in the lead of the settlement. All leaders are not considered Kings, but they might as well be, for they are formed the same way. For instance in every community you will have a man or woman or both in control of that civilization and then their families and friends, so the outsiders have no choice but to join, they call that peer pressure. They dominate the others into a fad so to speak or a state of mind, whether it be bloodline Monarch's (which is all based on nonsense), for no one's bloodline is Royal. How could it be so, where is this justified. There is no bloodline to test from 6000 years ago other than the Pharoahs and they were of incest birth which they are defects of nature and that would mean a lesser bloodline for they are usually ridden with diseases that they hand down to the other generations. But in the cases of average communities there are mostly dictators of fashion, housing, money, and this is not justified other than by the followers who are either too weak and cowardly to object or they are brainwashed into going along with the winning side to profit some way. More over the society we live, in America is based on people and progress of their own beliefs and forcing it upon others when in fact the good people in general never get heard.
No empires based on self justification that only benefits the few and the one is ludicrous, and ridiculous. But the ones that form a community on the democratic way of voting equally upon the merits of the men and women in charge of the many the few and the one are justified. But seldom to none you will ever see this at work. Maybe some day but not now.

Answer 3

Why would an empire feel itself in need of justification? I know many have justified and rationalized their existence by one reason or another. That is human, though. If all the nations of earth came together under the banner of the UN, regardless of governance, that would be an empire.

Answer 4

what do you propose through justified? wars are a truth, and truth not in any respect needs to be justified. if through justified you propose sensible, then sure: each and every conflict had a purpose, even vietnam. no matter when you're in want of conflict or not, it doesnt replace the actual shown actuality that conflict is and continually will connect this global, and the really "justification" that it needs is reason. wars arent fought over not some thing, there's a reason for each body: no matter if that's territory, supplies, protecting your way of life, or attacking to guard your way of life. the really conflict it fairly is "unjustified" is the single fought hostile to conflict itself, through those who would extremely die quick on their knees than stay problematic on their ft.

Answer 5

ALL empires are justifiable because they represent not only survival of the fittest, but dominance by the people who advance and progress the most.

Answer 6

No - they always lead to the slaughter of innocent people and eventually the impoverishment of the imperialists.

Answer 7

what kinds of empires--government or people empires like forbes and gates or hitler ?

Answer 8

In some instances, yes.