From the very beginning, the land of the free has also been about the freedom to make and spend money. America put God on our money, but for many Americans, money is God. This nation put profit over morality through centuries of slavery. Individual expediency in the name of capitalism is as American as the right to bear arms. Around the world, no idea has been marketed more effectively than the American dream. America: where even corporations can be people! And when we talk about someone living “the American dream,” we aren’t referring to their trips to the voting booth or the way they utilize their freedom of assembly. We are praising people who have achieved financial success and accumulated material things. We deify and elevate these people in the media, in social settings, and online, and we rarely question the ethical price that may have been paid to get them there.
Source: The Atlantic
Subjects: America, Economics | Economy, International, Life & Society, Material Possessions, Politics & Public Policy
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