This is what happens when a state falls under capture by the military-intelligence complex and when the intelligence agencies are comprised of autogynophilic repressed homosexuals from conservative religious upbringings (Mormon/fundam Christian).Today's fine example of Western values:
Coupled with that, you have different factions seeking to divert more state resources to their own people as state patronage to amass more institutional power to themselves (BLM and Soros backed groups).
China’s seen it all before from eunuch factions to conservative Confucianist, but I think the US will adopt more of the western Roman Empire model than Ming China.