> The US (meaning really, the American people) is expected both to innovate and subsidize the world? See also, military spending. There's certainly an argument

> The US (meaning really, the American people) is expected both to innovate and subsidize the world? See also, military spending. There's certainly an argument to be made that the US doesn't need to have quite the level of worldwide engagement it does, but what would that result in? Would China being an uncontested military superpower be good or bad for the world?