The american regime is literally the world's largest prison regime, both by the total number of prisoners and by incarceration rate.
It's always hilarious to see americans "leftists" and imperialists like aoc mention this once every few months at best, while literally nothing changes. americans live in such a propagandized environment that for them this astonishing fact is a footnote, instead of definitive proof of how fundamentally evil their regime and society are. But they are not fooling anyone outside their crumbling nation, while their decline at every level accelerates. That's the problem of living under the perpetual influence of propaganda, you eventually lose the ability to see reality and reform, and incompetence becomes the norm, further fueling the decadence of their societies.
No amount of propaganda will change history: the evil as shit american regime declines, but all its crimes will forever be engraved in the collective memory of humanity. A brutal nation and regime virtually its entire history at war. A legacy they won't be able to erase with supremacist propaganda about "exceptionalism", no matter how hard they try to fool themselves.
China's rise without dropping a single bomb in over 40 years will forever stand in stark contrast to the depraved and inhuman nature of america. And the contrast will only get more obvious with time. While China wants to help all countries with vaccines and by lifting sanctions, the crumbling american regime wants more oppression.
One became a superpower without wars and is today at the forefront of multilateralism, never afraid of competition. The other crumbles while resorting to wars, coups or sanctions to make up for its incompetence. No amount of propaganda can change this reality.