"A lot of the maps we have are military mapping so you get things that are of interest to armies and of interest to empire building, raw materials, resources, things like that."

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-67421092?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

To fund his empire building, the 46-year-old Benko gained the trust of Europe’s elite, counting Austrian construction tycoon Hans Peter Haselsteiner, German transportation magnate Klaus-Michael Kuehne and France’s Peugeot family among his investors.

Source: https://fortune.com/europe/2023/12/28/rene-benko-europe-property-titan-signa-insolvency/

With every sympathy for no longer wanting to be a part of a nation with its history of empire building, its racism, violence and avarice, I have to say we are all enmeshed in it.

Source: https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/01/17/the-politics-of-regionalism-secession-vs-interdependence/