Much of the routine trade and investment between China and America is entirely appropriate and in America’s interest. But inserting the Chinese Communist Party into America’s pay-to-play system and its economic development strategy isn’t just crossing a line. It’s a leap into an abyss of stupidity.
We don’t give extraordinary powers to the police as if the police are some separate class of society. The police are US, we are the police, and we give ourselves extraordinary power to catch the bad guys for the rest of our sake.
Only the bad guys want to ‘defund’ the police. Because defunding the police only helps the bad guys.