@MongoMonkeyBest analogy was from a Russian expat. The US is a rabid chimpanzee with a hand grenade. Other Great Powers are locked in a room with it. Trying to find a way to disarm or shoot the chimp before it pulls the pin. Problem is: no one wants to go first.
@thefinnAcademic Agent's video on technophobia is good. This is a battle traditionalists and conservatives have always lost and will continue losing forever.
You can complain all you want but technology always wins.