Originally Posted by FL 4Motion

You’re confusing govt power being USED to further national security and economic interests overseas.

That is not the same as our own government targeting and abusing its power to go after and destroy an individual citizen of our country (or corporation).

The US using its economic and military power to maintain world supremacy by engaging in conflicts, sanctioning foreign nationals, countries etc is not the same conversation.

And by the way, we should all be glad the USA does these things bc it’s what keeps the US dollar as the world’s reserve currency which buys us clout, influence and power around the world.

Even despite the moderate inflation we’ve had recently, it’s bc of the above our costs for goods and services are so cheap. A $40k car here sells for around $60-70k in Europe. It’s super common there for 10 year car loans so people can afford a car. Most folks around he world rent bc home ownership is too expensive but not in the USA.

We have such a great life/opportunity in this country frankly at the expense of most of the rest of the world. That’s what our military and economic might buy us.

As to the ethics and morality of this setup, well that’s a different conversation.