Perhaps you don't understand the impact that your foreign (and domestic, the US military is used to both subsidise US firms and rig world market prices for certain goods/resources) policy decisions have on the rest of the world, then.
Just to be clear, the US is fundamentally capable of operating in near isolation. While it is not operated this way, it is feasible. There are two approaches that could be taken, and it is a point of internal discussions all of the time:
- Stop importing goods and let the rest of the world just have fun on their own - yes this is a real concept in the US
- Try to help out counties that have less opportunity, by purchasing goods from them, even to our own detriment. This is what we are doing today.
I realize that very wealthy and powerful people push their ideas out to the world and really force some things on others, and Americans have really mixed opinions about this.
As a practical matter, the average American has zero influence on this, nor benefits from it. If anything, our foreign policy and trade (really just purchases of goods from others ) costs us a lot of money and good will.
EDITED: 30 Jan 2016 10:44 by HARRYN