The subject of the latest issue of the magazine Foreign Affairs is China. The leadership of China is convinced that the U.S. is in decline. A number of authors note that Chinese leaders are increasingly confident that China can absorb Taiwan and the U.S. will do nothing. The Chinese also believe that American “soft power” of leading by example is also in decline.
The Chinese are correct. I live in a country where mass shooting are common, one party is passing laws to cripple the other party, a minority in the Senate prevents legislation from being passed, the former president incites a forceable takeover of the Capitol, conspiracy theorists win elections, and influential commentators on Fox tell people Covid vaccines are a government plot.
Science is ignored like it was in the Dark Ages. The rich dominate politics. The unelected Supreme Court sets policy more than Congress. People get their news from Facebook and Twitter.
Go ahead. Add to the list. Perhaps China has already won.
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