Chinese leaders see America as "decadent, hollow, and in rapid decline", and speeches such as Rubio's "the temper tantrums of the dying throes of a once great power".
Do you think the people in that room had even a moment of uncomfortable selfawareness, or did they just double down on copium?
Seems like a good time to share one of my favorite word facts:
Until the 1970s decadent meant "in a state of decay or failure". The meaning added/changed to "excessively rich and luxurious, self-indulgent" because people didn't understand an advertisement for dessert.
Specifically something like, "Something so rich has not been seen since the decadence of Rome"
It got the Nimrod treatment.