thanks for commenting here. human behaviour is, to me, potentially close to being infinite and in no way inherently is aligned towards empire building. intent to build empires requires some kind of motivation to do so and generally, a balanced individual has no such motivation. however, in a society where those who have the most money can (and do) live like kings with servants, while those with no money live with nothing - there is massive motivation to 'stay on top' and massive fear of losing everything. that is the point here. capitalism facilitates huge disparity and keeps that imbalance as a status quo. this is what i am pointing to here (as have countless others).
capitalism is not as simple as you have made out and i am wondering if you actually read what i wrote at all.