Many millions of adversaries*I was told constantly that soft power was useless and only for losers. I gave example after example of how it is effective and you should be fighting back with vigilance to no avail. The examples were ignored, dismissed, or deceptively misrepresented.
Now you you can see a great case study. Western soft power / psychological warfare versus Chinese hard power (safe and effective vaccines). Many millions died as a result of being duped by Western psychological warfare.
China to begin with should have been far more restrictive with its vaccines, and other medical supplies. We are facing unprecedented aggression from America, yet the humanitarian minded government would rather donate life saving equipment that would be used to keep adversaries alive. Medical care for Americans and America friendly countries should have been contingent on renouncing and condemning aggression.