The plundering argument doesn’t hold up. The empires of Europe were a net economic loss for their metropoles.

Source for that claim?

How is that a problem for the United States, for instance?

Do officeholders in the United States have any responsibility to people in foreign countries beyond that in ratified treaties?

Do we have any moral obligation to make restitution for our great-great-grandparents' crimes to the great-great-grandchildren of the victims? And what level of punishment is going too far?

You do not have to do shit. But you do not live in the vacuum and unless you take interests / complaints of the other parties into considerations sooner or later you would face problems. Karma.

Well given the policy of the US the last 70 years we’re boned if karma is coming for us.

Back to shrugging off the idea poor people on the other side of oceans are going to pick a fight with me specifically. I live in the middle; after rowing over the Pacific they’ll have to get through a lot of other people first.

Hey you should probably stop buying toxic technology and flying; would hate for the kids to karma your elder form.

Shit n hellfire; anyone making use of modern technology has little wiggle room to pontificate about why and how others are oblivious to reality of their choices.

We're not all in this together. If there are any problems that arise naturally, I'm not personally averse to working out something mutually beneficial.

But if that were a threat, then I'd like to see some other country make good on it.

Usual my dick is bigger. Nobody is going to attack you. Sleep well.

Not really. Trade with rich nations could certainly speed up the process but the bitter truth is we have no one but ourselves to blame for the rampant poverty and corruption. It's precisely this corrupt mentality and dependence that stops poor countries from becoming rich. There's a literal communist in the presidency of my country, a leftist party who's enjoyed power for decades by essentially keeping people poor so they'll be thankful for the handouts.