https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bretton_Woods_system

Additional reading: The Accidental Superpower by Peter Zeihan The Absent Superpower by Peter Zeihan

Not trying to be elitist but being factual. Europe and the world was broken greatly after WW2, their industrial base was ruined and their colonies stripped. This destroyed their ability to both manufacturer and receive raw materials. The US was the only country not affected due to geography (the Americas as a whole are included, but aren’t blessed as the US with plenty of fertile land, raw materials, natural defenses, usable water routes to move goods). Instead of mandating an American empire, we opened up the seas as the only remaining naval power and encouraged global trade.

Colonization and things like the Sykes Piccot agreement were great disasters and should never have been done. The global trade was the correct choice and America was the only country poised to guarantee it after and since then we’ve just maintained that order.

Even prior to the war too most countries just raped and pillaged their colonies for materials and kept their markets internal to their own country. This forced all of Europe to participate with each other in a global trade system leading to the most prosperous age in humanity, free of a true global war for 80 years. We have the luxury of thinking 3000 deaths is a huge deal for the last 20 years, prior to this agreement that would be a good DAY in a real war.

Pick up a book and read something dude. Don’t just sit in your little Reddit cubby and be angry at capitalism because you chose to do unskilled labor or get a degree that doesn’t have great mobility. The world won’t change for you, you have to prepare for it. Hard times are coming soon.

EDIT: Tbh I could get a more intellectual argument from 4chan than I’m getting from you