It's not just you as in there are a lot more paranoid people than just you, if that is really the companionship you seek? I don't mean to demean you, definitel

It's not just you as in there are a lot more paranoid people than just you, if that is really the companionship you seek? I don't mean to demean you, definitely not for what you say - but for the way you say it. There's thoughtful analysis - and then there's your comment. You should really give some context and show your sources, data and reasoning. Personally I don't even see a basis for your thoughts, from a "threatening" perspective the US has a much larger shadow - and I don't want to say this as a value statement. It's just that you will find China military operations abroad are much less numerous than that of the US, independent of what you think about it. How exactly is the US "threatened"? Unless you see anyone who isn't at least two orders of magnitude weaker than yourself as a "threat" automatically, just because "they could". As for cybersecurity, do you think the US is less involved with their spy software placed on foreign systems than the other way around? For trade, what is the threat? China needs trade (exports as share of GDP is much higher than for the US) and still is far behind: http://www.visualcapitalist.com/china-vs-united-states-a-tale-of-two-economies/ http://www.visualcapitalist.com/china-vs-united-states-a-tal... And shouldn't a much larger country, in terms of population, naturally end up with a much larger economy, if things turn out well? Isn't it bad that some people in the current #1 economy feel "threatened" by this? Especially when throughout the last 100 years the US has meddled in foreign affairs much more than China ever did (exclude WWII if you feel uncomfortable about it). . Finally, to answer your question, as a foreigner who lived in the US for a decade, it seems to me the greatest threat to the US is... the US! The optimistic interpretation of more recent headlines would be "Well, they are finally starting to tackle some serious long-standing issues". And then there's this little issue, article link from yesterday's HN: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/08/20/sunday-review/climate-change-hot-future.html http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/08/20/sunday-review/... A few years ago I would have been reluctant to post it, but with yet another year breaking the records worrying about the impact of climate change on the US seems a lot more justified than worrying about a threat from China. Priorities...