Inequality in the US is rising. This is what happens when the most wealthy elites come to control your government. Neoliberal voodoo economics has destroyed the US as an economy and society. China now holds the US empire over a barrel of rare earths. US military industrial complex is powerless without the rare earths Chinas state capitalism controls the supply chains for. China won the trade war and has now defeated the US military without a single direct shot being fired. Sun Tzu would approve.