...ineffectual leadership...

They're very effectual, they just hate us.

...either by design or nepotism...

Yes to both.

...but at it's core has still enough assets to come through.

Assets are meaningless, if the goals of the people in charge aren't to utilize them.

For example, it's air superiority would WIN any future major war alone.

And if it comes to that we're probably still fucked anyway, even if we "won."

China is a MASSIVE glass cannon

So is the West nowadays, and has additional problems too. Exactly because a lot of people are waking up, the West is more likely to implode, and have its own people turn on the scum at the top who have betrayed us. Despite the USA's more experienced and funded military, I wouldn't be surprised if the USA fell apart to infighting before the Chinese did, if it ever came to actual conflict.

their economy is a lie with a currency constantly manipulated

A while ago I would have agreed...and still do, but with some caveats. Firstly, all modern economies are lies. All major countries use fiat currency, which is inherently manipulated. USA is the petrodollar...which has an will continue to accrue losses as more and more people bail out.

Trade is the real currency, and you can see from that map that China is actually overtaking the USA. So, yes, China's currency is fake and gay...but so is ours...and now we're losing our backing on much of that. For all I know, China now has a more stable currency (again, even though it's totally fake) than the USA.

...their military is untested and a lot of their gear only looks good from the outside...

Yeah, military is about the only thing the USA has going for it, but even that has been slipping massively. We may even still have Chinese drones and other tech in our fleets, too. Our training is some of the best in the world (because we keep fighting everyone), but I think much of our equipment is nowhere near as competent as we've been led to believe.

TL;DR: Yeah, China is fake and gay. But so are we, and I don't think the gap is as big as a lot of people assume.

...ineffectual leadership...

They're very effectual, they just hate hate.

...either by design or nepotism...

Yes to both.

...but at it's core has still enough assets to come through.

Assets are meaningless, if the goals of the people in charge aren't to utilize them.

For example, it's air superiority would WIN any future major war alone.

And if it comes to that we're probably still fucked anyway, even if we "won."

China is a MASSIVE glass cannon

So is the West nowadays, and has additional problems too. Exactly because a lot of people are waking up, the West is more likely to implode, and have its own people turn on the scum at the top who have betrayed us. Despite the USA's more experienced and funded military, I wouldn't be surprised if the USA fell apart to infighting before the Chinese did, if it ever came to actual conflict.

their economy is a lie with a currency constantly manipulated

A while ago I would have agreed...and still do, but with some caveats. Firstly, all modern economies are lies. All major countries use fiat currency, which is inherently manipulated. USA is the petrodollar...which has an will continue to accrue losses as more and more people bail out.

Trade is the real currency, and you can see from that map that China is actually overtaking the USA. So, yes, China's currency is fake and gay...but so is ours...and now we're losing our backing on much of that. For all I know, China now has a more stable currency (again, even though it's totally fake) than the USA.

...their military is untested and a lot of their gear only looks good from the outside...

Yeah, military is about the only thing the USA has going for it, but even that has been slipping massively. We may even still have Chinese drones and other tech in our fleets, too. Our training is some of the best in the world (because we keep fighting everyone), but I think much of our equipment is nowhere near as competent as we've been led to believe.

TL;DR: Yeah, China is fake and gay. But so are we, and I don't think the gap is as big as a lot of people assume.