> so the problems with this USA-specific phenomenon are being exported to billions of others who aren't part of that culture This is the case on the vast major

> so the problems with this USA-specific phenomenon are being exported to billions of others who aren't part of that culture This is the case on the vast majority of technology developments -- things to solve mainly US centric problems are pushed out with massive amount of money to try to "solve" problems that don't exist. A byproduct of this push is often to create those problems in other cultures. It's like the British empire of the 17th century.