The Soviets defeated the German nation with grueling combat and unbelievable sacrifice. The USA sold excess industrial capacity and performative military efforts (in the German war, and on a relative basis) for a substantial and oversized share of the postwar world. It was a more than even trade, and one which denuded the European nations and afforded the excess capital (largely devoid of sacrifice) that created the Boomer generation (with their correct discernment that their success was undeserved and unrelated to their actions or development) and the consequent moral void of USA that led us to the present collapse. World War One and Two (in particular) created the moral insolvency of the American shell we see today.
“It was a more than even trade, and one which denuded the European nations ...”
The European nations that allied with the U.S. after WWII experienced unprecedented economic growth and political freedom, in contrast to the European nations that allied with the Soviet Union after WWII, which experienced economic stagnation and totalitarianism.