framing progressive policy in terms of competition with China concedes the narrative of China as a dominating national concern. This legitimizes hawkishness at the expense of substantive domestic policy for the greater good, as Romney shows: https://twitter.com/AndrewSolender/status/1387815527826001935

Even if it's something great like public transit or free community college, the inevitable popular political question then becomes: well, wouldn't [expensive military thing] be better at beating China than [boring domestic policy]? So get ready for that.

what if we did universal pre-K not because of whatever the hell happens to be going on 8000 miles away in China, but because it's good for kids? @ biden @ romney