Classic elitism masquerading as insight. Complaints about parking near Harvard passed off as proof of America's decline, and hand-wringing over chip sales as if who profits changes anything for ordinary Americans. The obsession with framing everything as US vs China blinds these writers to the obvious: what matters for Americans is wages, housing, and healthcare, not whether elites can take a train to Harvard or whether Beijing builds more bridges. A strong China, like a strong Japan or Germany, is not a threat to ordinary Americans. The bizarre part is watching people recycle the same cracked narratives until they've forgotten what everyday life even looks like.