America: Imagine the World Without Her

Plot synopsis:
Setting the stage for a presentation of their views, D'Souza and Sullivan provide counterfactual histories in which George Washington is killed during the Revolutionary War, or the country is divided following civil war, creating a world without America that would be vastly worse off. D'Souza identifies himself as an Indian immigrant who chose America, and has been impressed with what a unique force for good it is, something Americans have traditionally agreed with. He claims modern leftists are “telling a new story”, however, contradicting traditional veneration for America in order to “convince a nation to author its own destruction” and “unmake the America that is here now.” He then challenges several "indictments" made against the country and American exceptionalism, including sociology professor and activist Michael Eric Dyson's claim that “Thievery" was the “critical element” for “American empire” and historian and activist Ward Churchill's assertion that the US is the world's new evil empire, and says that 1960s Chicago radical Saul Alinsky, historian Howard Zinn, and others have promoted guilt and resentment regarding wealth inequality that has helped shape the political careers of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
D'Souza argues that America's wealth has been created, not stolen. He says the $700 used to purchase colonial Manhattan from American Indians could buy many desolate parcels globally today, but that individual industry has made New York real estate worth billions. He states that in Europe, India, and elsewhere most countries have been founded on conquest, and observes that the American pattern of wealth creation hasn't been the universal norm. He cites examples like Arab historian Ibn Khaldun preferring looting to trade and says that merchants form Hinduism’s second-lowest social caste.
The film argues that American Indians exhibited this "conquest ethic" among themselves, and that most of the American Indian depopulation that occurred during European colonization resulted from the accidental transmission of plagues (which had earlier devastated Europe), not from an intent to wipe out a people. The film argues that modern American Indians have little interest in returning to their hunter-gatherer past. In an interview, Senator Ted Cruz compares the Texas Revolution to the American Revolution. Professor and Reconquista advocate Charles Truxillo is contrasted with an interviewed American of Mexican descent who says he has no desire to return to a poverty and crime ridden Mexico and instead wants to live the "American Dream".
D'Souza says that slavery impeded American development, rather than boosting it. The film argues that slavery was an omnipresent phenomenon for most of human history, but that its abolition was "uniquely Western", noting the rarity of a "great war fought to end slavery" like the American Civil War. According to the film the Declaration of Independence essentially says “liberty is the solution to injustice,” a “promissory note” cashed throughout history by Americans such as Martin Luther King, Jr.. C.J. Walker, the black entrepreneur and daughter of slaves who is regarded as America's first self made female millionaire, is cited as an example of the type of individual success story the American system allows that is ignored by historians like Zinn because it undermines their leftist narrative. Columbia University economist Jagdish Bhagwati is shown saying that the “world is embracing the free market,” for which there is “no reason for us to be apologetic.” The film attempts to outline how somewhat free enterprise and consumer "choice" rather than "coercion", have possibly raised living standards by making existing goods cheaper and creating new ones.

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Review:
And I mean conservatives not just cons in prisons like D'Souza.Otherwise very disappointed that IMDB calls this collection of anti America elitist lies a "documentary"!
I wonder if there is an effort by the enemies of the West to release crap like this so people are tricked and become hateful and the country is divided.This film was just in-your-face insulting rubbish..
In what sort of a country can anyone put a bunch of lies financed by the elites on film and call it a documentary?Inbreds, Fox News followers, Sinclair viewers and the elite will love it.
then I am Peter Pan and my wife is a leggy supermodel and Donald Trump is a leader and he cares for the poor and there is such a thing as clean coal and Trump is draining the swamp by hiring all the standard insiders, generals, CEO and millionaires to his staff and cabinet and his wife didn't do softcore porn when she came here and worked as an illegal alien and those Made In China tags on his merchandise are just jokes like a gag and he actually manufactures them here and right-wingers believe in freedom of speech and government staying out of people's business except when a football player wants to speak his mind etc etc etc.Conservatives and just that.
Dinesh tries his best to manipulate the narrative to show that Leftists are only plain wrong, but he forgets to explain how the new deal, unions, taxes and comraderie built America and its great middle class.
This is the worst misleading piece of fiction that I have ever seen (and I watch Fox News' rage machine) and one of the most lying movies of my long life, because Dinesh's refutation of a kind and cooperative America is a stunning middle finger to all that is good and beautiful about America!.
Maybe it was a movie after all and just a work of fiction.It fails in many ways to recognise there are many ways to be imperialist and that just because you do it in a new and different way, that does not make it excusable.If you are a red, white and blue, stars and stripes died in the wool American or lover of all things American, you'll probably get the warm and fuzzies watching this.
This film shows you the true history of the United States of America (D'Souza the director is oing his best to grow close to real Americans here through this good work) and why liberal communist socialist diversity PC feminist haters are wrong.
Revisionist Garbage marketed as being correcting revisionist history Anyone with a semblance of understanding of philosophy, history and logic can tell you the garbage this video puts forth.It uses logical fallacies such as confirmation bias, circular reasoning, ad hominem attacks, begging the question,equivocation, false dilemma choice etc.It regularly suggests there is only two options two possible outcomes, either what happened or a horrible second alternative, when in truth there are myriads of 3rd, 4th, 5th and multiple other sequences of events that could have happened or actions been done by America.It regularly uses the argument everyone else was doping this evil, therefore this wasn't evil.
the liberal argument is not that America is worse than say Nazi Germany, USSR, British Colonialism, just that it is our modern present day remaining Colonialist Imperialist nation.Throughout history there has always been one, committing horrible crimes on the weaker nations to devour their resources and increase its own imperial agendas.
So America leads the way, and the other nations follow like the sidekicks of criminals.Sadly this program seems mind opening with its flash marketing skills, and the verbosity of its words, and deliverance, but when it comes to the staple of its argument it is deficient.
Much like modern American junk food, nutritiously non-existent, artificial, chemically laced, poisonous, and laced with hyper fat, hyper sugar, hyper stimulants, addictive agents and feel good compounds.keep on a diet such as this and you will end up suffering from its consequences.or you can wake up, and realise what this tripe is for what it is, accept the truth and improve your body, your nation.Or leave it as it is, and let America the nation die of obesity, diabetes, hearth disease, liver failure and every other metaphorical example you can think of..
It opens early on with a scene in which George Washington is shot and killed in a battle, and then never discusses how history would have changed.It goes beyond mere revisionist history, declaring that Howard Zinn is not a historian, and then using Sen. Ted Cruz as a supposedly historical expert to provide the most simplistic and revisionary version of the basis for the Texas Revolution (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Revolution); claims that Sol Alinski was trained by Frank Nitti (one of Al Capone's strongmen), that everything America has done is right, Hillary Clinton was corrupted by Sol Alinski in her youth, and America is in dire trouble if someone of the producer's status can be arrested for violating it's laws.If I am going to be subjected to propaganda, I would at least expect to be saved paying the admission fee and being lied to about what I am getting..
Save your money and buy yourself a real history book and a clue.The film spirals out of control after laughable "reasoning" for how the film maker tries to connect Obama and Hillary Clinton to learning everything they know from Chicago mob bosses.At the end of the day "America" isn't really about history or narratives, it's about arguing that any change in economic policy favoring the poor can only be traced back to people hating the United States of America..
(Saw it last night because I wanted to go see a movie and this was the one that worked for my time-frame.)It's incredibly sad that the producer of "Schindler's List" is now working with a criminal to make films that are little better than Nazi propaganda.
Being in the film & television Industry, I have to walk a fine line of how I reveal my morals, my values, my principles and my beliefs...but I'm afraid to.I've seen some of the most detestable acts of anti-Americanism you could possibly imagine in Hollywood, by people who THINK they know better...
The other, is to create victimization, so that they can take hard working people's money, by flapping their gums and claiming all sorts of victimization.I love our country and I wish people would see this inspiring film..
Bravo Mr. D'Souza, for revealing the truth of History in such a factual and articulate manner...and God Bless you for your passion for our country.Having earned a Masters is History from Oxford University in Great Britain, I've learned and seen first hand what's happening to America right now.
There are anti-American people that will want to alter or pervert the history of a country to support their version of why they are motivated to act or speak about their country the way they need to.Specifically regarding this film, I knew that most Indians (80-85%) in America died of diseases carried over from Europe and other countries.
I also knew that there were thousands of Black Slave Owners before the Civil War. I also know, that Americans have died around the world, while attempting to aid the oppressed in other "Freedom Seeking," lands.People that would believe otherwise, have an subversive agenda..
Dinesh D'Souza hit another homerun with his new political documentary  America.
100 years ago my Irish Grandparents made the sail across the Atlantic Ocean to come to this great country...and our eyes filled with tears several times during the negative comments from the people that hate her.We knew that America was a special land because of everyone that had arrived before us and told us how beautifully rich the land was and about all the opportunity and freedoms abound.This movie exemplifies and echoes the reasons and passionate feelings we still have today.
"America: Imagine the World Without Her" is a slickly produced and entertaining documentary that attempts to fill a need in the US for a counter to hegemonic anti-American voices on the left in academia and media.
Dinesh D'Souza is back, and sounding the alarm with his new documentary, "America: Imagine the World Without Her," based on his best selling book of the same name.
He includes some particularly disturbing statements, and rarely seen video from 'star of the left' Saul Alinsky, whose book "Rules for Radicals" was required reading for young political students like Hillary Clinton and Barak Obama.
If the future of America is to be a battle for minds and hearts, this film speaks with a force that may prove helpful for those who wish to remain proud of the founding fathers, our history of freedom and enterprise, and hope for a future in which America, as we know it, will flourish and continue to exist.Even if you remain unconvinced by Mr. D'Souza's thesis, you will come away with a greater knowledge of America's past, and a little brain food to chew on before you engage in your next political discussion..
Even though I consider myself to be fairly well-read on US History, I learned some things from this film.It was nice to see that at least some people in this country are not afraid to speak their minds about history and take controversial issues head-on.
This film Ina's the ability to really bring to light many misperceptions about issues like slavery, capitalism, Columbus and the Native American people.
Dinesh Disouza has done us all a great service by explaining the prevailing leftist (Marxist inspired) view of American history which is everywhere on college campuses and even many high schools.
But the left chooses to overlook this for the sake of their own genocide agenda to discredit this nation's history and those who built it, and yet, to these critics, it's the worst movie out of over 40 listed and currently in theaters.
The important distinction is that the European deaths are not declared to be "genocide" by the Left, while the Native American deaths are.The first half of the film is a generous presentation of America-damning arguments made by the Left.
Like the picturesque aerial footage shown in a memorable section of the film (as Dinesh flies over parts of our county), the mental tour he takes of America's world-view landscape is a wild ride.
And, I am tired of having to apologize to these people on the Left when I say they are not Patriotic – well, this film is (using Obamas words) really a line in the sand - if you hate this movie you cannot be a Patriot.
The movie has its technical issues, but the overall GOOD message about our country strikes deeply at the heart of the Left's New History of America.
This is the great new "idea" of America that Bono speaks of in the film, in a very moving speech.
I truly hope that this film can be the start of a new era in historically accurate education in American history - tho it may be too late.
Dinesh D'Souza's "America" should be titled "I Can't Imagine A World Without Her." From start to finish this is an exemplary work, a masterpiece.
America, the movie brings to light that fact and why we need to relearn our history.
The film "America" brought tears to my eyes, and that says a lot (I'm not a partisan sycophant that indemnifies America for the wrongs that the country IS responsible for - But I am an independent thinker that can appreciate the inordinately more awe-inspiring acts and contributions the country is also responsible for).The film did such an excellent job of addressing the misinformation about America's history (some of which I believed until this movie provided some very interesting facts missing from the conventional school curriculum), and elucidating what makes this country so great.It's like the iPhone - You don't know how much it has to offer until you've experienced it..
This is an excellent film that shows how history really unfolded and the way we learned as a patriotic nation.
The film transitions (rather abruptly) about two-thirds of the way through from a historical retelling of America to a political thrust against those who have weaponized the American Shame narrative, namely Saul Alinsky and his disciples.
I spent a good portion of the movie with tears running down my face because it taps into the pride which I feel in having been part of this great country.I have one question for the America HATERS who will try to silence this film: If America is such an evil country - WHY ARE SO MANY PEOPLE CLAMORING TO COME HERE?
Voting for the infantile Marxist despot a second time, however, is far more sinister, because you have to be actively not paying attention.But at this late stage, after this despicable, loathsome pretender to the throne has laid waste to our economy, our churches, our traditions, and used the very organs of government power AGAINST the people, to still support Obama means either a) one is too stupid to understand what it means, b) one is so indoctrinated and saturated by the relentlessly liberal broadcast media that they can't tell what is true and what is false, or c) agrees with the blackguard's devious agenda of destroying America's underpinnings and relegating us to third-world status, as "payback" for his laundry list of imaginary offenses..
This movie then takes their revisionist history , point by point and not only destroys them but shows America as the great gift to the world it really has been.
While it does point out that there have been dark periods in our history, it also uses scenario after scenario to demonstrate how much positive change America (and the American ideal) has instigated the world.
A movie like this which is worth seeing BY EVERY American is only shown in one small theater in one small town on Long Island in New York,the whole of New York.THE TRUTH,or how an impartial person watching it and able to make their own decisions]is being censored.YES CENSORED IN America!.
As Dinesh points out, America is the only country that fought a war to end slavery and today Americans lead the fight to end slavery (sexual and otherwise) throughout the world.
D'Souza definitely makes a case against the simplistic view that America is all bad.One of his first targets is author Howard Zinn whose "People's History of the United States" is here characterized as an exercise in cherry-picking.
Americans live up to that ideal as often and perhaps more often than they don't.For example, D'Souza, who narrates the movie from beginning to end, says that every other continent had slavery before America (by which he always means the U.S.) existed.
This is arguably a bad way to go about things from America's own point of view: why does this country keep liberating other countries—at great cost in blood and treasure—only to set them free?
D'Souza does spend a good deal of the movie dealing with the charge that America conquered land from Native Americans and Mexico.
Top this off with grand military battles and you have a film destined for greatness, but the arbitrators of all that is good seem to already have their minds made up with a bunch of empty-headed reasons and have casted "America" (2014) away like trash.
Only let us look back ten years to another documentary that was far less grand: "Fahrenheit 9/11" (2004) and read the comments of a gushing review, "Extremely one-sided in its indictment of the Bush administration, but worth watching for the humor and the debates it'll stir." That film got 83 percent on Rotten Tomatoes whereas "America" (2014) gets 12 percent.
America, movie by Dinesh D'Souza: The melting pot...
America has now migrated to a system, process and people that leave us questioning whether our Constitution is under attack, with the perception that individual rights are removed on a daily basis by many who, through the guilt of shame, want to make us feel that America is a nation built on lies, deception and theft of natural resources at the detriment of others.Nothing is further from the truth, Dinesh D'Souza takes viewers through historical facts that left us bewildered because these details were not part of our historical lessons of the past.
I am so appreciative for Dinesh D'Souza's work and dedication here.I want to learn American history now!
One of the best reasons to see "America" is for the historical facts Dinesh D'Souza presents that have been expunged from history books and classes in the 21st Century.
This man is proud to be American (a LEGAL immigrant) and loves the 'idea' of America so much, he takes many personal risks to share his patriotism, passion and fears with the movie-going public.
Well, that is not what the director of this atrocity believes!The film makes many stupid arguments, and eventually turns into Dinesh D'Souza going on about how this country is apparently flawless and such, while it clearly isn't.
'America The Movie' Dinesh D'Souza - 5***** Review, Trailer and Tickets Here >>> http://roadtosuccess.us/?p=2144D'Souza gives time to both sides, even bringing in a number of Sixties radicals and presents a difficult subject well without laying all the blame on the President.
A few turn of events like Hitler with the Atom bomb could have changed everything...and still can today more than ever.We believe D'Souza well lays out his real message that the Obama government is trying to change the country from its captitalistic roots of free enterprise to a socialistic one where government is a stronger force in America while less respected as the world leader it has always been..
I would like to have seen the movie that the trailer leads us to believe America is about.
Dinesh D'Souza's America: Imagine the World Without Her was compelling enough even with his biased view on the current presidential administration.