[LexBaird]

What is a Potemkin Mall?

A Potemkin village is a "stage set" living area used for propaganda; an idealized village that is dressed up for visitors while the peasants actually live in squalor.

That is to say, the visitors thought they were being shown a shopping area for elites that was not typical for America.

[Balding_Eagle]

Thanks. It's quite amazing how we have left the rest of the world behind.

I think it's been a mistake not to export more capitalism.