China's government is practicing Confucianism. Why is this a threat?

US foreign policy regards China as a threat to world order based on liberal democracy. American military bases and troops are positioned in South Korea, Japan, and Philippines to confront and contain China. Do we have a right to force China to abandon Confucianism? Why do our foreign policy experts view Confucianism as harmful to humanity?

SumKindaMunster · 56-60, M

I have no idea what you are talking about, nobody cares that China practices Confucianism.

The West views China as a threat because they are a legitimate economical, military and nuclear power and they are threatening us and our allies over the South China Sea and Taiwan.

sree251 · 41-45, M

@SumKindaMunster

Gotcha. So its personal anecdotes and conversations you had with like minded individuals during your travels abroad.

Like-minded? Those are American businessmen, not guys on social media targeted by the communications scientists working for the State Department and intelligence services. When you run a business in China, you work for yourself, and you have your own skin in the game. Do you see Elon Musk or Warren Buffet bad-mouthing China's government? They don't even care if the American manufacturing sector is hollowed out. We are a free market economy and we practice capitalism. Right? There is no affirmative action in a merit based balanced playing field. Americans should practice what we preach at home and abroad. We don't. We practice hypocrisy. In doing so, we are destroying American society and making an ass of ourselves on the world stage.

sree251 · 41-45, M

@SumKindaMunster

There is ALWAYS some threat to American exceptionalism. I wish we did a better job managing all this.

American exceptionalism. There is truth to this. It is stunning when I see American brinkmanship in action. The Neil Armstrong moon landing in 1961. It was 63 years ago before you were born! Then there was the 2008 subprime mortgage crisis engineered by Barney Frank that nearly took down the world. No other people except us are so unfettered in reaching for the stars. Bernie Madoff was stunning.

There is no threat to American exceptionalism. Not even close. We are a strange breed. There is no way China can compete with us in that regard. There are only plodders out there. We seem to have lost our moho.