开篇通过情景再现独立战争的经典场面，假设了华盛顿死于战争等情况下美国将何去何从。在长久以来的观念中，美国作为世界上唯一的超级大国成为世界人民心驰神往的理想国度，而美国梦则帮助一代又一代的普通民众走向成功，梦想成真。但是外表华丽的美利坚却有着永远无法洗刷的原罪，窃取土地、窃取劳动、窃取资源等等，是许多学者和平民对这个咄咄逼人的帝国最强烈的指控。本片导演DineshD’Souza通过采访和史料，试图推翻上述有失偏颇的指控，进而指出真正让美利坚之梦破碎的恰恰是奥巴马、希拉里及其背后的少数利益既得者。孰是孰非，莫衷一是，或许不过又是一场纸牌屋的博弈……DineshD’Souza是一名印度裔美国人，他曾导演纪录片《2016：奥巴马的美国》试图影响2012年的大选。
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