Concisely put.

FickleNickel made the point "Thatcher only ever attacked labour but not the other structure" that remains the first US problem.
The second is the grossly uneven distribution of the spoils of exporting so many jobs to what were then cheap labour countries.
The resulting immense disparity in US living standards, which always comes as a shock to visitors, is the major cause of MAGA malcontents.
The management of the US madhouse is now self-evident.

Australia subsidising exclusively US controlled nuclear subs, no doubt for intended for use against our main trading partner, is reducing 'our' defence expenditure to the absurd.
That must contribute to only 27% of young Australians prepared to stay and fight for their country.

With some estimates of the cost of AUKUS approaching $500 billion that would be better spent on establishing a full REE industry.

In contrast the BRICS countries have the stated intention of behaving differently.
It is interesting that Brazil, a founding country of BRICS, will likely see the first overseas application of the 'dual' nationality Belfast knowledge.
The US, if not indulging in an increasingly likely civil war, could then import from Brazil.

Also of interest is that Uganda is a partner state of BRICS. African countries now being more interested in Chinese provision of infrastructure rather than CIA interference or World Bank right wing economic morality.

The idea of the USA continually calling the shots is derisive, particularly with so many holes in their feet, that is when the feet are in not their mouth.

The 'West' is an increasingly outdated concept with, for example, such an eclectic mix of countries contributing to just one industry.

Trading partners rarely go to war. IXR is making world wide trade links, lets encourage it to generate altruistic profits.