There's not an equivalency, though. In the US, at least in theory, we have a system that is founded on the idea that a human being has inalienable rights that c

There's not an equivalency, though. In the US, at least in theory, we have a system that is founded on the idea that a human being has inalienable rights that come from their creator, and therefore are not arbitrary concessions of the state. China has no such concept. China views a human being as merely material, and human rights as essentially arbitrary. This is not just a theoretical difference. It's as practical as it gets. If the US does keep going down the road towards tyranny, it is in spite of it's foundation, not because of it, and its actions will be inconsistent with its own guiding principle. This foundational guiding principle of the US gives me some hope that we are not on in the middle of an inevitable collapse into tyranny.