My take on the education and emancipation of American society is that it will happen if and only if material forces converge to make it unavoidable.

America is the most provincial country in the West, and though it has exported movies and sports entertainment, the lives of most Americans are largely comprised of family, church, and, if they are fortunate, the drudgery of repetitive work that pays enough to yield fatigue and docility.

The leaders of the people who live in the states that are designated as enemies have learned a lot while the American public has been comfortable or busy trying to be.

China has diligently put its energies toward national economic success, and in the 30 years that it has achieved great economic development, the USA was high on its own fumes and went from being a weak democratic republic to an oligarchy careening toward fascism, commandeered by Ivy League wunderkinds with degrees in hucksterism.

The big looming question that scares anyone with active brain cells is will the receding empire opt for a nuclear winter before coming to terms with its own mortality. With self interested billionaires making the big decisions, I fear for the human race.