American Dream vs Reality:  from the Mirror (UK) of all places

American Dream vs Reality:  writer from New Mexico USA

American Dream vs Reality:  the Seattle Times

my point:  criticism of the American Dream and documentation of its collision course with reality is far from limited to this blog or to Europeans or to one axis of measurement (poverty, unemployment etc).

wchurchill, please walk do not run to the nearest bookstore whether bricks or clicks, or your local taxpayer-supported public library if it's still open any reasonable hours, find a copy of Gar Alperovitz' America Beyond Capitalism, read it,
and come on back for a nice lengthy discussion when I finally get around to posting my review.


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