If it were up to me, I would save money by bringing most of our troups home and keep them safe, and also use the money saved from closing many of the military bases in 180 countries to double down on tech investments.

What makes this almost an impossible situation is that we really need to do two things at the same time:

1. strong laws to stop the surveillance capitalists dead in in their tracks (read Surviving Surveillance Capitalism - a must read book, and basically a work of art in the sense that it is so beautifully written)

2. develop tech in a way that maximizes the benefits to society while mitigating the risks