Just look at Joe Biden
Yea, what screams corruption other than a politician who has at worse forgotten to attribute every paraphrase. Ooo, scary.
Not everyone wants democracy obviously. There are those that are perfectly fine with being subjugated and controlled by a central authority believing it is best for everyone. The ones that are not fine with it come to the U.S.
No, China is not rapidly overtaking the U.S. But there are those that are wishing, hoping, believing that China will overtake the U.S. including, believe or not, Americans!
The "Big Guy" corrupt? Say it isn't so!
Trump is a symptom and not the cause of corruption. It is true that American government does not follow the will of the people and that is corrupt but that is a far cry from the corruption of the Chinese government. I do not think people want democracy, even lots of Americans don't want it and are tired of making the compromises that it requires, I said people demand it since it is the only way to escape the absolute power/ absolute corruption dynamic.
Yes, I understand that some of the sanctions are about US government and corporations trying to force a specific economic program.
Funny, I thought you were talking about the US and how some are happy to believe, even when there is video evidence to the contrary, the lies spouted by politicians more worried about their image than getting things done. That they are happy to have freedoms turned over for a bit of safety and security... As long as it is aimed at people not like them.
That seems unrelated to having global power and projection. USSR had labor camps and was a superpower. The US had labor camps and was a superpower. England had labor camps (entire countries, in fact) and was the world's superpower.
None of this is supported by facts or evidence.
This wasn't so hard: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_China
Noted, you didn't support the first point, and your second point... also wasn't supported. Something that happened forty years ago is hardly evidence of manipulation today.
Ahh yes England was considered a superpower but was unable to project its power and lost all those labor camps... In other words they really weren't a superpower when push came to shove. Russia folded without ever testing that supposed superpower. Indeed they could not sustain their invasion of Afghanistan. China would lose horribly if it attempted a war "cold or hot" with the United States. Superpower war requires long term abilities and deep domain knowledge to sustain the effort and China is not at that level yet.
...And now it's the US's turn to decline. Put in motion by the Republican administration.
Decline? I don't think facts support that and I disagree that it is partisan lead. This last administration has used brinkmanship to destabilize but instability, while dangerous, and decline are antithetical.
