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One people, one empire, one leader, is that it?
The fact that a democratic republic wields the power is probably reasurring to the rest of the world, and should be reasurring to us. This is not empire in the classical sense.
and you get negative points for going for a godwin slam in a sneaky way. Next time just type in Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Furher.
Also considering Hitler was an idiot when it came to power projection, in particular, sea power, you point has no merit.
Germany was a "Democratic Republic" as well. Until it wasn't.
Having all the marbles in one nation or state isn't something that "reassures" the world. Quite the opposite. The world tends to rid itself of bullies.
Germany was a poorly setup democratic republic. Also agrumentum ad hitlerem is frowned upon.
And having all the marbles in one basket worked well in the past century, or was the pax britannica on the oceans a bad thing?