It is pointless to compare the misdeeds of one superpower with another. Nobody becomes a superpower without doing shitty things, both at home and abroad. If we debate which superpower is least shitty, we’d be here all day.

Also, we are well past the stage where the misdeeds of countries/groups don’t affect the broader world. A virus that originated in a small town has affected much of the world for the last 18 months. A single ship that got stuck in a canal for 10 days has the power to affect global commerce, Etc etc

Nationalism and jingoism don’t hold as much meaning as they used to.

Your point is valid but it's a question of degree rather than category. The Uyghur camps are about as evil as you can get, no question, but how much cumulative death and suffering has been caused by decades of destabilizing, bombing and invading the middle east? As just one example.

From an outside perspective, no one is buying the US propaganda around the oil wars any more than people are buying Chinese propaganda about their camps.

China being arguably worse doesn't evict the US from the category of destructive superpowers.

I think there's value in being honest about that.

I have no argument in favor of the war on terror, it was based on a false premise and a total moral failure. I don't think any Americans buy the propaganda around it either.

I just disagree as to whether the US is truly a 'destructive superpower' - I personally believe that the country has been a net good for the world, even if sometimes its actions had negative consequences. Under American leadership post WWII the world has gotten richer, lives longer, and has fewer conflicts as a whole. Would this have happened without US leadership and instead under Soviet rule? Maybe, but I'm pretty skeptical.

Except for the poor souls killed thanks to US weapons, or taken into planes and interrogated in unknown locations, imprisioned without trial for years and then dropped again into a random location.

Very good example to look for, indeed.

Every country has done immoral things. Nobody is denying that. What we are saying is the US is leagues above China. Any bad action done by the US has a similar action by China. Bombings, wars, false arrests, etc. The difference is the US is trying to move on and better itself while China is continuing with this behavior.