The US has not only colonized our economy, but perhaps just as much our minds. It’s time to break free. By Paul Steigan. Even though the US empire is on a steep decline and is doing very poor…

It’s rare that we’ve seen an analysis of this phenomenon from the Chinese side, but now there’s a report from something as little-regarded as a Chinese think tank, which is interesting. They call this phenomenon the US colonization of the mind. We liked this way of phrasing it and have looked into the report a little more.

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The document is a critical analysis of US strategies of ideological and cognitive warfare, dubbed “colonization of the mind.” It focuses on how the US has used soft power, propaganda, and technology since World War II to shape global perceptions, undermine governments, and maintain hegemony.

The document points to the Trump administration’s decision in 2025 to dismantle USAID and USAGM as an expose of decades of ideological export, opinion manipulation, and government subversion. The United States has used cultural and value-based dominance to secure global obedience, inspired by thinkers such as Joseph Nye and Zbigniew Brzezinski. The authors warn of the loss of cultural sovereignty and urge resistance to U.S. mental colonization.