Can't have cake and eat it too. Isn't it better to suffer a little for the moral good? Basically, what countries like the Phillippines are saying is that money

Can't have cake and eat it too. Isn't it better to suffer a little for the moral good? Basically, what countries like the Phillippines are saying is that money matters much more than good, and they don't care what the future where China leads the world holds. And I completely understand it, so don't get me wrong. I'm also not saying the U.S's hands are clean either, hell no lol.