Who Are the Terran Empire's REAL Founders?

#startrek #mirror #lore Star Trek's Mirror Universe is home to the Terran Empire, a brutal, fascistic counterpart to the United Federation of Planets. The Empire's iconography features many callbacks to the Roman Empire, but if the Empire has a relatively recent origin, what Earth political unit could have preceded it? Join this channel to get access to perks:    / @orangeriver   Watch part 1 of this miniseries:    • The Science of Star Trek's Mirror Universe   Watch part 2 of this miniseries:    • What Are the TRUE Origins of Star Trek's M...   This video was sponsored by Treksphere: http://www.treksphere.com Music in this video - Holfix:    / holfix   Sam Kužel:   / samkuzel   Support - Patreon:   / orangeriver   Official website: http://www.orangeriverproductions.com Merch store: http://orange-river-productions.creat... Social media - Facebook:   / orangerivernw   Twitter:   / orangerivernw   Instagram:   / orangerivernw   And don't forget to subscribe! CHAPTERS - 00:00 Intro 01:18 Background 03:46 American Imperialism 06:43 Post-World War II Order 11:58 Imperial Culture 12:54 America vs. the ECON 13:10 Final Thoughts 14:44 Outro