Ideological arguments are central to understanding the issues and effective diplomacy. The problem is when people use combinations of ad hominem attacks and mor

Ideological arguments are central to understanding the issues and effective diplomacy. The problem is when people use combinations of ad hominem attacks and moral arguments (inherent or absolute rightness or wrongness of ideologies). China does not have the same culture or philosophy as the U.S. of course they have a different ideology. Those must be explored in order to understand their consequences. If we're very good at that, we can predict the consequences and produce effective counter measures. They obviously would try to do the same. Regardless of ideology, any abrupt changes are inherently destabilizing, reduce trust, increase stress, and historically often have lead to conflict. This can be economic conflict, or warfare. So it is very important to make ideologically driven arguments, to thoroughly understand the most important issues, many of which can be cultural and emotional, not just about money.