It's a typical indication of an American centric world view based on two fallacies: that only the winner counts and that the only thing that matters is money.
This world view is based on the ultracapitalist system that the US still considers the one and only way but that we in Europe don't subscribe to.
But even the American geopolitical position wasn't all about money. It was about trust and alliances too. Now that these are all set on fire and the moral high ground is given up, the geopolitical status is no longer a given. See how America's allies came running to the unnecessary second Iraq war, and now shrug about Iran.
This world view is based on the ultracapitalist system that the US still considers the one and only way but that we in Europe don't subscribe to.
But even the American geopolitical position wasn't all about money. It was about trust and alliances too. Now that these are all set on fire and the moral high ground is given up, the geopolitical status is no longer a given. See how America's allies came running to the unnecessary second Iraq war, and now shrug about Iran.