“Every empire, however, tells itself and the world that it is unlike all other empires, that its mission is not to plunder and control but to educate and liberate.”
— Edward Said
“Every empire, however, tells itself and the world that it is unlike all other empires, that its mission is not to plunder and control but to educate and liberate.”
— Edward Said
microcosm [mahy-kruh-koz-uh m]
noun
1. a little world;
2. human beings, humanity, society, or the like, viewed as an epitome or miniature of the world or universe.