People always underestimate the USA.
Just give you perspective.
USA rule the entire ocean. Which country in the world has a navy like the USA? The USA is the Undisputed King of the Ocean. There is no argument here. Anyone can live in a fool's paradise.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Seventh_Fleet
USA military budget is $738 Billion. It means only the USA military is 21th richest country by
GDP.
Vanguard Mutual Fund.
It owns the World stock index. Calculate how much foreign stock index they own. It adding new and new customers daily.
Thinks after some year how many stock index (In term of percentage) They will own?
Calculate S&P 500 companies' non-US revenue share?
S&P 500 companies basically rule the world.
Not only the tech sector every sector Like 3M, Marriot International which worthwhile country does not have a Marriot hotel.
USA companies have a kind of Monopoly over a certain sector Seed and Agriculture biotechnology. They are no competition for some area like Lockheed Martin, Airbus, Boeing.
China tried but failed miserably.
The mighty AMAZON and Google, Every digital presence online pay directly or indirectly to AMAZON or Google. You do not know Ask your web developer.
Mcdonald Coca Cola, Pepsi, Starbucks We are surrounded or used to
USA company so we sometime does not even know that we are literally a slave to them.
Hollywood movies watch around the world and their profits are like crazy.
Visa/Paypal and over-loved broker Interactive Broker, are growing like crazy.
I am not a fan or hater of china or the USA.
The winner always innovates and finds a method to simplify human life. Can anyone tell me any original product/innovation that comes from china and change the world?
Regarding the Manufacturing hub, Yes the china is indeed the Factory of the world. but compare like To manufacture iPhone in china It cost 200$ to Apple Inc and they sell them at 2000$. Here who is the winner?
Compare the Apple Inc profit margin and Taiwan Semiconductor (iPhone maker ). Who is smarter here?
The USA has outsourced all labor work to cheap labor countries (China, India ,Bangladesh). Who is the winner here?
Like the Amazon FBA program, So many people
make money by selling china product, You see who are the winner, Do you know the Amazon FBA fees per product, It is easy money. It helps USA company more than China company Do your own research here.
Every country has a reserve currency is USD and Puts its money on a USA treasury bond, If the USA default on its bond who will lose more?
As long as Capitalism exists the USA will always remain the Undisputed Ruler of the World.