Let's jump back 2000 years and replace the word "USA" with "Roman Empire"
Why almost everything has to revolve around the Roman Empire? the Roman Empire does that, the Roman Empire doesn't do that, the Roman Empire is going to crash and so on. Short lesson of history: Early Rome was governed by kings, but after only seven of them had ruled, the Romans took power over their own city and ruled themselves.end of lesson. If everything revolves around them we empower them to cross lines in our lives. It's like they are Earth's core but they are not! The people are earth's core. Crypto currency supposed to cut that bond but still nothing happens. If you want government independancy then stop being afraid of crypto currency.
To know History and to know why everything is as is is never "end of story". The reason why the USA became what it is now was thanks to multiple world wars in Europe. Europe gave up spending money in their own military and intelligence and outsourced them with the CIA (almost not totally) and NATO. Everybody in Europe knew being under the Soviet umbrella was not a good thing. So while Europe was rebuilding from its own misery and ruins they were looking at a wall with barbed wires and guns, cutting Germany in half.
The USA gave us Les Paul, Moog, Mac Donald, the Celtics, CBGB, the 357 Magnum, the Atari 2600, . The Soviet gave us the Lada, the UAZ 452 Minivan, the AKA 47 and the first female swimming body builder Olympic team.
The Soviet Union and communism lost the battle of the 20th century and imploded under its own weight. The USA won! The Berlin wall was no more. But as any living organism, the thirst for power and control can never stop if everyone closes their eyes and stop being investigating journalists. Now we have Prism and a system of total surveillance, the Stasi's wet dream.
If your age is less than 25 I understand your question.