― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
In the digital age, information is everything. And information usually precedes action, so in my eyes your argument is wilfully ignorant to the larger reality of a complex globalized world.
I think the US and other Global North countries have a massive shadow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j800SVeiS5I
If unfamiliar, this is a guide to Jung's concept of the shadow: https://highexistence.com/carl-jung-shadow-guide-unconscious...