- Coming to America: From Mao's China to American Suburbia
Overview
Through one family's journey from socialist China to the United States, we explore the gulf between the mythology of the American Dream and the realities of American capitalism. From the Cultural Revolution and Voice of America to racial and class hierarchies, liberal academia, and suburban alienation, we examine how Western propaganda manufactures illusions of capitalist superiority.
We connect these experiences to the broader history of US imperialism, anti-communist operations, and contemporary China's challenge to American hegemony. Ultimately, this is a conversation about ideology, class consciousness, and how lived experience can expose truths that even the most highly educated elites fail to grasp.
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