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> The fact that China as a whole is an authoritarian oligarchy does not mean that they can't do things better than the US.

You're missing the point. The US should not emulate China's authoritarian systems of control, regardless of how well China can do them or how they might seem applicable to some aspect of American life. They are the tools of authoritarianism, and to bring them here is to allow authoritarianism to creep in.