"Speaking of technology. Should the U.S. have ever shared our technology with the world during the past 100+ years for mere monetary profit of a few wealthy individuals?"
"Shouldn't
all technology lead ultimately towards world conquest and unification of the world? Using and revealing these advances only when world conquest is undoubtably certain?"
To boldly go where no man has gone before ...
To seek out new life and new civilizations ...
etc etc
Actually the US gives away to much of it's technology for free.
GPS, Internet anyone?
We Americans paid to put it up there and private companies and other countries are getting rich off of it.
Same goes for weather satellites, the US paid most of them and every body uses them for free.
Global Tsunami warning systems
Global Earthquake warning systems
CDC information and vaccines
The Internet (US Military Invention)
What we could to is be real capitalist and pay off this debt by telling countries they have to start paying for our technology or we'll scramble it, like GPS signals. Which is often used against us.
I'm sticking with Technology, like the wheel, making fire, farming, construction, granted education is equality important but I believe man would learn, adapt and overcome regardless do to his inherent nature to explore ideas.