I wasn't suggesting that there are people out there who actively want to destroy our quality of life. All things being equal, most foreigners couldn't care less

I wasn't suggesting that there are people out there who actively want to destroy our quality of life. All things being equal, most foreigners couldn't care less how we make our living as long as it's not off their backs. Throughout recent history, however, that's exactly how certain US conglomerates have made much of their fortunes. There are no legitimate threats to our well being other than those created by our own military excursions overseas. The most unfortunate part in all this is that the rewards for middle class in all this are sort of superficial. I believe that the US would still be a great economic power with many of its citizens enjoying a comfortable life even without the enormous projection of military power overseas. Maybe lacking a few billionaires and some minor trickle down economic benefits, but by and large, regular people in US would still be as innovative, productive and successful as ever. So if US had never bombed a number of countries or organized a number of coups or ended sanctions against Iran, Cuba and Russia tomorrow, the average American would hardly feel the difference or be any more threatened. But unfortunately political power in the US is not controlled by average citizens.