The United States doesn't have the people any more, to catch up with Chinese technology. The people who new how to do it are now retired, because it is not worth it to be an engineer only to be outsourced and downsized at every shareholder report quarter.
This generation does not care about national defense. Only if their "rights" are being violated.
Their minds are turning to mush with the MSM and hackneyed programming on cable. Additionally, when their brains are thoroughly mushy enough, the police state comes and molds it like clay. What else can happen while people are afraid to even argue with a cop about a traffic ticket?
If you DON'T believe that, I have some puricey marshland in Florida for sale.