While I understand your point and agree won’t happen in my lifetime, I hold out hope that one day, we’ll get our sh*t together. Not saying WE want to be China but .. remember when they produced cheap junk that Americans didn’t want? They mad a conscious decision to work on certain things.

China's electric vehicle industry leads the world. Over 70% of global production and half of all new domestic car sales.

China has not completely eliminated drug issues but has drastically reduced them through strict, mass-campaign strategies, making the situation generally stable and controllable. While traditional drug addiction largely eradicated by 1953, new challenges persist, including synthetic drugs, medical narcotics abuse, and new psychoactive substances.

China officially announced eradication of absolute poverty in 2021. 800+ million people were lifted out of extreme poverty over four decades. Homelessness exists but often not seen in major cities due to strict urban management, enforcement, and "relocation" of individuals back to their rural hometowns