I think being mean to people in high school is healthy. It's sort of like you're in this situation with all these other kids and sometimes you need to get your aggression out. And if you'd had people be mean to you before, it really does build character.
The thing that I would say is that U.S. power is not eternal. I am not saying that it won't come to an end. Because it will.
Thus you are just not because you give what is owed, but because you do what is appropriate to you as the highest good.