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Westerners benefit considerably from the global resource hegemony that the wests military and its proxies impose. 70% of the world live under autocracies and that suits the west fine as long as they are subservient to its resource and institutional imperialism. The fiat monetary system centred upon the USD and the SWIFT monopoly over trade payments funds the US military and is used to enforce US wealth and extraordinary privilege. How many westerners would want less militarist imperialism waged by the US and its associates if it would result in a substantially less wealthy life for most westerners?