And an empire with the world&#x27;s largest military, ruled by a despotic aristocracy which had made most of its money from slavery, drug running, and land + resource grabs in distant countries.<p>&quot;Moral&quot; is perhaps not quite the most apt word.<p>&gt;I&#x27;m glad we&#x27;re finally living in an era that has gotten past that.<p>We haven&#x27;t. The product has become American Neoliberal Capitalism instead of British Imperial Capitalism, but it&#x27;s now sold on the Internet and through Hollywood and the media just as aggressively as the Victorians promoted their idea of culture to the world.