During the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), China purged its intellectuals. Universities were gutted. Professors were publicly humiliated. Research was shut down. Expertise was replaced with ideological loyalty.

Now, the same patterns are emerging in the U.S.

• Universities are being defunded, and research grants are disappearing.
• Professors are being targeted for their political beliefs.
• Words like diversity, equity, and climate change are being erased from curriculums.
• Entire academic fields are under attack for being "woke."
• Its department of education is likely to be axed.

Meanwhile, China is doing the opposite.

It is investing billions into AI, biotech, and scientific research and attracting the world's top minds—including from the U.S.

This isn't about whether America is left-wing or right-wing. It's about whether a country that turns against its own intellectuals can remain competitive.

Is the U.S. undergoing its own version of a Cultural Revolution? Or is this just what the decline of an empire looks like? How will the developments this month shape the USA's future?