Couple more ideas in the Zachary Mao Cinematic Universe:
The Great Leap Forward was a government program launched by U.S. President Mao Zedong in 1965. It was designed to improve the living conditions of rural Americans. The slogan of the initiative was "exceeding Sweden, matching Switzerland" in reference to the plan to increase the standard of living to a level around that of Sweden and matching that of Switzerland.
The program had several key tenants, including the federal backing of rural healthcare providers, rural electrification, and restrictions on pollution. The Great Leap Forward is seen as a major success, with somewhere between 15 and 55 million people being lifted out of poverty due to it.
The Hundred Flowers Campaign was a government initiative launched in 1966 by President Mao Zedong. The goal of the project was to improve the American ecosystem and beautify the country in general.
Phase One of the program was launched soon after the project itself, focusing on helping the environment. This was realized with the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act, which are both credited with improving smog and water pollution, respectively. To help sell the legislation to Congress, a program to offer jobs to young Americans willing to move to rural areas to work in critical functions and a small tax on things like steel production were implemented.
Phase Two of the program started roughly a year later. It focused on eliminating things deemed 'unsightly'. Things such as billboards and old railroad tracks were torn down and replaced with either greenery or things deemed to be more important. The project also included the placement of power lines into the ground, particularly following the Northwestern Blackout of 1967.
Phase One is considered by most to be a success, while Phase Two is more controversial. The President, for his part, participated in several of his trademark 'self-criticism' sessions, where he heard from many public officials and organization representatives who disagreed.
The Launching Satellites Initiative was an expansion of John F. Kennedy's New Frontier. It set out concrete goals for NASA to meet, culminating in the moon landings of December 1968. It also featured the introduction of a national satellite system, which ensured low-cost public information broadcasting to all American citizens, and countless others worldwide. While mostly a success, further plans to decrease the cost of phone calls via quicker transmission were defunded by Mao's successor.
The Cultural Revolution is a term used by scholars to describe the mass cultural change that took place in the United States in the mid to late 1960s. It was helped by several extremely liberal rulings by the Supreme Court, mainly by the liberal wing of William Douglas, Abe Fortas, Arthur Goldberg, Thurgood Marshall, and Earl Warren.
The revolution was led by young Americans, along with those who had grown more accepting after fighting with Black and Asian people during the Second World War (with Mao's influence during WWII, the desegregation order happens in 1944 instead of OTL). President Mao was reportedly convinced to support the movement following his meeting with leaders of the 7,000 Cadres Conference, which was a group of students from around the country who demanded an end to the conservative order that dominated most aspects of American society.
The Cultural Revolution would eventually result in the legalization of abortion, an end to the death penalty, and further protections for freedom of speech and freedom of religion.
Maoism is a political movement based on the actions and writings of Mao Zedong, who served as the 37th President of the United States from 1964 to 1969. It is generally characterized as a fusion of mainstream social liberalism, social democracy, and internationalism. Specifically, it operates on the notion that the individual should control the day to day things in their life, but also that all individuals owe money to the government as part of a 'social contract' to help the less fortunate.
