At the heart of the American Dream (and indeed of most Western culture) is the meritocracy - or more specifically the lie of it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

At the heart of the American Dream (and indeed of most Western culture) is the meritocracy - or more specifically the lie of it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myth_of_meritocracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myth_of_meritocracy