I think the foreign influence operations that aim to increase division in American society and promote equality of outcome are an attempt to counter it, not by outcompeting America but by hobbling it, seem to be somewhat effective.
Yea that seems to be the idea -- try to constrain America as much as possible if you can't beat it on its own terms. However US military as grown such that it likely can fight a 3 front war and most other nations would rather the sweet sweet trade deals they get by cooperating over some obscure ideological vision of a world without america.
