Given where China was in the 1970s they've progressed rapidly. The situation there is much better on average than it was when Mao was in power. Both in terms

Given where China was in the 1970s they've progressed rapidly. The situation there is much better on average than it was when Mao was in power. Both in terms of economic freedom and political freedom. Currently they are making major investments into cleaning up the environment. They've tried to limit population growth. They've invested tremendously in public transportation. None of these things the U.S. is doing right now. Currently the U.S. government argues that is can kill American citizens without trial (as long as they are overseas), imprisons people without trial, silences reporters, imprisons a higher percentage of it population than China, wages war in multiple countries, and massively pollutes and consumes more than its fair share of resources.