Randy Wilson, great comments, the more people that come on here with this sort of approach, the more the manipulators, the controllers will be defeated by the people everywhere as a collective global force of understanding that we need sovereign structure, need to put in work and we need tolerance and understanding to make that optimal structure work To develop further, just talking in general, yes betterment of humanity should be the top driver, we can call it a humanity function; the optimisation of which to its highest value should be the aim of all countries and peoples as a whole. However, we should realise that there are many humanity functions with different loadings, all should contain the human rights agreed internationally as a minimum, however others may add other contributors such as gay rights, rights to housing, rights to education in whatever language you choose….. Meaning there does not need to be one single overall humanity function mandated, other than the core one agreed in international law. Indeed the ability to differentiate should allow each country to create its own value propositions, from which global citizens can choose and via that choice promulgate the ones they want on their territory, or simply move to the geographical area whose humanity functions form suits them best. It should also allow nations as platforms - islands of their values to promote their values as the best ones people should aspire too and that they are the leaders. This then instils competition for human betterment - a better competition I cannot think of.

The entire world wants to see the U.S. and Russia come closer and cooperate to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons and secure the peace for the entire world. But there are things which can be best solved “locally”. Russia cannot solve the problem of racism, massive poverty, gun violence, lack of universal publicly funded healthcare system, out of control military spending for the U.S. These are issues best resolved by the Americans themselves. In the same way, the problem of orphaned children in Russia is an issue best resolved inside Russia. This is in fact the position of the large percentage of the citizens of Russia and it is also the position supported by the President of the Russia Federation Vladimir Putin. It is therefore absolutely wrong for Americans who can no longer adopt children in Russia to engage in smear campaigns against Russia. They should respect Russia’s collective will of the Russian people. These Americans should redirect their own energies resolving massive problems facing the American society at home.

I see a lot of people on this thread are reared up with the idea that their prejudice comments are warranted. They are not.
If you are not American do not speak of us as you know our minds and train of thought. Same goes for any nationality.
Unless of course you think prejudice and rascism is okay.
Do not put your name to shame like that.
Just because we are American, does not mean we are capitalist.
It does not mean we are white.
It does not mean anything more than we were born in this land.
For we are all individuals with a cerebral cortex that allows us think for ourselves, despite the dirt our mother gave birth to us.
Prejudice comment are pitful and only speak poorly of you. Not the group you attempt to insult and accuse.