Look, I know that phrase “Cultural Revolution” is loaded. It conjures up images of chaos, censorship, and state control. But hear me out. I’m not talking about re-education camps or purging intellectuals. I’m talking about something deeper: a radical, soul-level reset of our national values and direction. Because whatever path we’re on right now? It’s not working. We are a failed state.
We’ve made enemies out of friends. We’ve turned collaboration into competition, peace into posturing. We police the world under the illusion of moral superiority while letting our own people struggle, divide, and fall through the cracks. How long can we keep telling ourselves we’re the good guys if we don’t act like it?
Say what you will about China, but they are a culture many years older than ourselves. They build, they plan, they evolve , not always in ways we agree with, but with a fierce commitment to national identity and long-term vision. I like what Charlie Munger once said about China, “It doesn’t matter if the cat is black or white, but wheter it catches mice is what matters.” I’m sure I misquoted the great Charlie Munger. In the meantime we’re tearing ourselves apart from the inside. Our politics are performative. Our media divides. Our economic system lifts the few and crushes the many. And God forbid you suggest we need systemic change suddenly you’re unpatriotic or “radical.”
So yeah, maybe we do need our own version of a cultural revolution. Not to erase who we are, but to remember who we could be. One rooted in humility, responsibility, and service to something bigger than ego or profit. I’m looking at you President Trump. You can’t hide from your beautiful tax bill. If you want revolution then you are definitely asking for it – stop putting down the working class in favor of yourself and billionaire cronies.
Imagine a country that stops looking for enemies in the dark and starts looking for neighbors in the light. A nation that protects its people and also helps lift others, not out of obligation, but because it’s the right damn thing to do. One that doesn’t fear China’s rise, or Russia’s posturing, or Iran’s resistance but instead asks, “What could we build if we stopped wasting our energy on war and used it to heal the world?”
We don’t need to dominate the globe. We need to show up for it. With empathy. With integrity. With the courage to admit we’ve strayed far from our ideals and the will to change that.
Maybe it’s time. Let’s start this fucking revolution. I’m tired of this. We the people of the United States are much better than the leaders we have. It is time we become the citizens of the world our philosopher s told us to be. Happy Birthday, America. You ugly, beautiful, messed up, righteous ideal. I love you.
The Algorithmic Heretic 