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America Against America

Wang Huning

In 1988, a young Chinese man traveled to the United States on an academic research trip. During his six month stay he visited 30 cities and 20 universities throughout the country. Upon the conclusion of his trip, he authored a book called

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It was written in 1991, and explored the idea that America's issues stem from individualism and that China should resist Western influence. Wang saw America as facing an undercurrent of crisis due to its social contradictions.

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America faces an unstopped undercurrent of crisis produced by its societal contradictions between rich and poor, white and black, democratic and oligarch power.

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It was written in 1991, and explored the idea that America's issues stem from individualism and that China should resist Western influence. Wang saw America as facing an undercurrent of crisis due to its social contradictions.

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America faces an unstopped undercurrent of crisis produced by its societal contradictions between rich and poor, white and black, democratic and oligarch power.

Americans are not blind and can see their social and cultural problems, but their issue is they tend to think of them as scientific or technological problems that can be solved.

a radical nihilistic individualism at the heart of American individualism

in the American system everything has a dual nature the glamour of high commodification abounds human flesh sex knowledge politics power the law can all become the target of commodification this commodification in many ways corrupt society and leads to a number of serious social problems

the American economic system has created human loneliness as its foremost product along with spectacular inequality as a result nihilism has become the American way it is a fatal shock to the cultural development and the American spirit

Episode: 10/24/22: Ukraine War, China's Congress, Midterm V...

It was written in 1991 and detailed Wang's observations of the United States, criticizing its individualistic culture and predicting its eventual failure due to societal contradictions.

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America faces an unstopped undercurrent of crisis produced by its societal contradictions between rich and poor, white and black, democratic and oligarch power.

Americans are not blind and can see their social and cultural problems, but their issue is they tend to think of them as scientific or technological problems that can be solved.

a radical nihilistic individualism at the heart of American individualism

in the American system everything has a dual nature the glamour of high commodification abounds human flesh, sex, knowledge, politics, power, the law can all become the target of commodification.

in the end the American economic system has created human loneliness as its foremost product along with spectacular inequality as a result nihilism has become the American way it is a fatal shock to the cultural development and the American spirit.

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