Well manufactured consent for it and will to enlist in that fight aren't necessarily the same. Having some anti-China fears/thoughts won't necessarily translate into personal risk, in other words. That's where I think the individualism is sorta a double-edged sword aspect of capitalism and its imperialist wars; on the one hand, it makes it harder for people to organize against the system and on the other hand, it means people don't want to make personal sacrifices for the system. Like the manufacturing stuff and that poll about how many people who were in favor of local manufacturing vs. actually want to do that kind of job. I could easily see legislators rallying around a war, but the actual masses is hard for me to believe.