This feels similar to why mental illness apparently presents at much lower rates in periphery countries. It just isn’t being reported. This also doesn’t even take into account corruption.

“I take the specs of an invention that somebody made and I pass it off as a white dude thing.”

“So you physically take the specs to US manufacturers and have US laborers put it into practice.”

“Well, uh, my secretary faxes it to a contracting company in a country I couped and they manufacture it for a fraction of the cost.”

“So, why couldn’t you just have these countries manufacture their own goods in an empowered way, with self determination?”

“Well, uh, I’ll tell you why. Foreign people are not good at managing themselves. I’m good at managing people.”

“And this management, you do it directly?”

“I mean, my compromised stooges do.”

“clears throat So, what is it you’d say, you do here?”

“I told you, I’m good at managing people. I deal with the management so the foreign people don’t have to. Can’t you see I’m good at dealing with people?!? Do you want me to bomb you people?!?”

(Your phrasing reminded me of Office Space, not sure if that was intentional, but I ran with it. Jokes aside tho, fuck the US empire.)

Everything you described, in the west and especially the US, are “features” of the system. They’re really good at making a profit for corrupt individuals through causing suffering and destruction, I guess?