eli5 If the U.S. is in so much debt, how do they remain one of the most powerful & influential countries in the world?

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I feel like the United States is always meddling in other countries affairs and yet still climbing further into debt. Kind of like someone giving you advice on a golf course who is terrible themself. Is it the military presence? Economic relationships?

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They piggybacked allied spoils from WW2 after coming in late and with violent provocation. They were literally ok with us all dying until Pearl Harbor. And then they stole victory from the Russians that factually won the war for us all. When the smoke settled, all the other allied countries were on the long road to recovery while America flourished from a lack of war fatigue. America is what it is today because of cowardly decisions

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