I agree that there are many negative things that has done and still do. Including the things you name. As an American, though I think my country might be eve

I agree that there are many negative things that has done and still do. Including the things you name. As an American, though I think my country might be even more shameful, We have Gitmo. We have a country that lied into a war that killed at least 100.000s of people. Our treatment of asylum seekers now is certainly worth a dystopian movie or two. As far as the 1950s you are defining the ruling class as the ruling class and the middle class? I dont disagree with you about diversity but the middle class was much better off than it is today. Our ever-shrinking middle class and our ever getting richer oligarchs and the political class is contrasted to China's increasing middle class. But you go from zero it is easy to improve, and in the US we used to have a large middle class so it is easier to lose.