The US won't enter first amongst equals til it's GDP per capita equals that of other developed western nations, their high GDP with a large population means the

The US won't enter first amongst equals til it's GDP per capita equals that of other developed western nations, their high GDP with a large population means they already punch way above their weight economically and militarily. The British Empire was different, we owned a lot of territory but we didn't have a military build up like the US (adjusting for time period).