My observation is that the Globalization that started from the late 80s/early 90s following the fall of the USSR and the opening of China gives tremendous wealth to the elites based in the US and the EU.

However, its foundation was laid decades ago in the ruins of Western Europe, where financial and intelligence power combine to rule over the Western world. The immense wealth was but a mundane by-product that corrupted the mind.

Fast forward to today, it takes a lot of effort to reverse the trend and remake the US into an industrial superpower.