Why couldn't they? Why wouldn't they? Why should anyone resist them?

The US is ran by a moronic kleptocracy of conmen and number-go-up techbros that give precisely zero shits about human rights and improving life for the average citizen.

There is no way to defend the moral or political superiority of the west anymore. And who needs to worry about foreign intervention destabilizing internal affairs when we let the extremists, the populists do that for us?

At least if China pulls this off we might get some semi-affordable RAM and SSDs.