alt Hacker NewsMaybe the Democracy Index can make this a little more fact-based: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Economist_Democracy_Index
USA = Flawed democracy
China = Authoritarian
I don't really know how well they do this index, but probably better than a random HN comment.
Again, you might be against Chinese government. People aren’t the world perceive China in a better light than the USA right at this moment.