Imagine for a second that it was China instead of the US in a similar position. Would you rather live in that world or this one?

I don't understand why we have to hide behind a veneer of kumbaya here. Notwithstanding the challenges the US faces, for many people, living a quiet, safe life in a nice clean suburb is preferable. Plenty of immigrants to western countries prove this. They are just better places to live and raise children. How many people are lining up to live in Russian apartment blocks or to be social-creditized in China? Next to none.

So, yes - one is preferable over the other and I don't see why we have to give equal time to oppressive systems.

China had plenty of thousands of years of their civilization to have a say in the world, but were so arrogant that they imagined themselves at the center of it. Now, somehow they want to globalize their tribute system? Sorry - no thanks.