&quot;Empires are not monolithic.&quot;<p>First see the science on reasoning, your brain is not the reasoning god you think it is:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=PYmi0DLzBdQ" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=PYmi0DLzBdQ</a><p>Which is meaningless, what is the evidence of the US imposing laws on countries that are not of the US?  AKA are corporations getting their way?  If we go by evidence, there is no democracy and their power is quite monolithic.<p>Consider that these laws have been growing in power for 200 years almost, so don&#x27;t buy the &#x27;the creators are hurting and the evil pirates are stealing&#x27; argument, the public domain is completely destroyed (aka freedom to own, modify, repair software, own and update video games, etc). AKA ownership is being taken away completely from you in a one sided deal where they have total control.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Copyright_Term_Extension_Act#&#x2F;media&#x2F;File:Copyright_term.svg" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Copyright_Term_Extension_Act#&#x2F;...</a><p>Crisis of democracy<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=ZYFxtNgOeiI" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=ZYFxtNgOeiI</a>