E394. Woke Is Just Communism Repackaged | Xi Van Fleet - Walk-Ins Welcome

About this episode

Bridget discusses the parallels between Mao's Cultural Revolution and today's woke ideology with guest Xi Van Fleet.

Bridget sits down with Xi Van Fleet, author of Made in America: The Hidden History of How the U.S. Enabled Communist China and Created Our Greatest Threat. Xi is a survivor of China's Cultural Revolution and traces the eerie parallels between Mao's revolution and today's woke ideology. She draws on her own experience — growing up under the CCP, enduring re-education in the countryside, and eventually escaping to America — to argue that cultural Marxism is not a foreign threat but a homegrown ...

People in this episode

Host: Bridget Phetasy

Guest: Xi Van Fleet

Topics covered

• woke ideology
• Cultural Revolution
• cultural Marxism
• China
• communism
• personal experience

Keywords

• woke
• communism
• Cultural Revolution
• Xi Van Fleet
• cultural Marxism
• China
• America

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Made in America: The Hidden History of How the U.S. Enabled Communist China and Created Our Greatest Threat

Places: China, America

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