Yes, that is the US in a nutshell. Material manifest destiny. Steal, take, conscript, commandeer all noticed resources for the US.

IMO the notion that it's just consumer economics driven is way too narrow. Yeah, there is the consumer economy that benefits. But this accumulation is core to national sovereignty and prestige and also military power. That is exactly what the quote points out.

Basically this is the stuff that Bill Kristol or Dick Cheney have sloppy wet dreams about. Dominating the world and taking what the US wants like a global high tech Viking hoard.