Long ago i used to think things were jacked up. Now i'm older i realize everything is actually running quite smoothly. There are no ACCIDENTS. This is all calculated. When these status quo's are exposed then, then a person is hit with "conspiracy theorist", a title that kills the messenger, yet the quo goes on.
I also realized there is no education in Amerikkkan, this is "programming" at it's finest. Don't "believe" me? They even ask kids "did you get your school program"? Remember the basis of english is to confuse, why you think are things such as antonyms, synonyms, homonyms? Oh it sounds like that, but I DIDN'T MEAN IT THAT WAY. We need a language where ONE word means ONE thing, then there's no confusion.
Back to your base point, OF COURSE our resources could be used to better the lives of people. People are not the concern, when there are countries to invade.
Everything is running rather smoothly.