Yes. And why would you want to rule the world when it is injurious to your country's well-being. The US has spent trillions and trillions of dollars over the l

Yes. And why would you want to rule the world when it is injurious to your country's well-being. The US has spent trillions and trillions of dollars over the last 50 years or so being top-dog militarily, while letting the country itself fall to pieces both in infrastructure and socially. For both people and for countries, there is a happy medium where one 'has enough' and is capable of enjoying a richer, more pleasant life rather than stay on the rat-race to be top-dog which leads to an early grave. Being one of many 'poles' is far better than forever striving to maintain a unipolar world.