"The vaunted American dream, the idea that life will get better, that progress is inevitable if we obey the rules and work hard, that material prosperity is ass

"The vaunted American dream, the idea that life will get better, that progress is inevitable if we obey the rules and work hard, that material prosperity is assured, has been replaced by a hard and bitter truth. The American dream, we now know, is a lie. We will all be sacrificed. The virus of corporate abuse – the perverted belief that only corporate profit matters – has spread to outsource our jobs, cut the budgets of our schools, close our libraries, and plague our communities with foreclosures and unemployment." - Chris Hedges Previous post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27514188 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27514188 I think part of the disillusionment is because Americans have been ingrained belief in free will, a statement often used by the rich to justify inequality, despite plenty of evidence supporting the contrary. https://m-g-h.medium.com/free-will-a-rich-fairy-tale-4fecf8095812 https://m-g-h.medium.com/free-will-a-rich-fairy-tale-4fecf80...