"They envy it. They want it. They want us to be less free and more like that." I logged in to say basically this, but I will expand on this a little. There is

"They envy it. They want it. They want us to be less free and more like that." I logged in to say basically this, but I will expand on this a little. There is a steady push in US to limit the rights of its citizens. It worked to an extent and had an interesting catalyst in the form of pandemic, but it seems that people who tried to use it expand power overshot a little, because pushback was significant and is now part of midterm fight. I absolutely agree on your take on China.