There will be many different perspectives and narratives, but how do you think the general consensus will be like about Trump, conspiracy theories like flat earth, anti-vaxxers, QAnon, and our response to Covid?
Both serious and comedic answers would be appreciated.
I agree with your point more than OP's I think, but at the same time other countries may voluntarily start to follow the lead of the PRC if they hold their current trajectory a bit longer.
Instead of tactical pressure from the Chinese government, it will be implicit pressure to change simply by falling behind the rest of the world, similar to how social democracies formed in Europe on the doorstep of the USSR