there are a lot of truths in what has been said about US negatives.
But i’d suggest you ask the folks in the former soviet republics if they’d rather be next to russia or the US, they’d choose the US. I suspect the folks in Tibet would feel that way about China. The notion that somehow the US is different than any other large, powerful country is pretty lame. Ask the folks in Darfur, chad, congo what the presence of China has done for them, and it would be either nothing or they made it worse.
It’s interesting how much hatred there is of the US (for non-gaming stuff) by people here who presumably make more money from US players than elsewhere. Happy to take the money despite the “horrors” brought on by US society. Guess that’s the same as the US not embargoing South Africa during apartheid or for supporting dictators around the world. If there is money to be made the US and apparently many critics here are happy to make it.