Hemispheric Civic Expansionism

A political and philosophical vision for the voluntary integration of willing provinces, states, or nations across North and South America into the United States as full, equal States. Rooted in American exceptionalism and civic nationalism, it seeks to expand the Union through mutual consent and referenda, lifting entire populations to U.S.-level rights, prosperity, and institutions while preserving compatible local cultures through States rights.

Hemispheric Civic Expansionism reimagines the American project on a continental scale: not selective immigration or foreign aid, but inviting entire countries to join as equal states so everyone shares in the full American system.

Hemispheric Civic Expansionism by Broden1776 March 22, 2026

explosionism 

noun; the process of making a work of art using Fireworks, paint, wicks and gunpowder created by Drew Lausman summer 2011

at the gallery the artist did a demonstration of his explosionism art, with lots paint and fireworks.

explosionism by paint everywhere January 18, 2015

expansionist 

The process of expansionism is taking a simple point and making it complicated, usually using long words and complicated sentence structure, for the purposes of looking smart.

"I'm trying to draw the important distinction between a tool and a work of art. one of the important reasons for drawing this distinction is for ascribing authorship. with photoshop, credit goes to the user. with Text Rain, though the experience is in a sense co-authored, credit goes to the artist. is Text Rain a tool? Camille Utterback would say that it's an interactive product made using C and other software tools. I would have to agree with her. it is a work of art (and a good one i think) but i don't think it is a tool. You make a good point that some tools can be considered a work of art, particularly given that tools in and of themselves can be titillating to the brain or senses. I would add that one can appreciate the artistry that went into a tool's creation. I suppose this could fall within the category of titillation."

expansionist by Reuben Strayer May 3, 2004

Expansionist and Contractionist Spacetime Theory

A cosmological framework that treats the universe’s large‑scale expansion and potential future contraction not as passive consequences of initial conditions but as active, competing principles. Expansionist forces (dark energy, inflation) push spacetime outward, increasing distances and diluting matter; contractionist forces (gravity, dark matter) pull it inward, potentially leading to a “Big Crunch.” The theory models the history and future of the cosmos as a dynamic tension between these two tendencies, with possible cyclic phases. It also explores local variations—regions that expand while others contract—and the implications for structure formation and the ultimate fate of the universe.

Example: “Expansionist and contractionist spacetime theory suggested that our universe might be just one bubble in a foam where some bubbles expand forever and others collapse—eternal tension, eternal renewal.”

Expansionist and Contractionist Spacetime Theory by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal April 5, 2026