The vehemence with which those who defend selfishness and insensitivity, individualism and disdain for the poor tells us a lot about ourselves and who we are as Americans. This "Americanism" is the yardstick by which we measure what has become our uniquely American ethos. The "American Dream" is a fantasy created in another time, the idealized vision of a make-believe parallel universe -- It is a false dream in a golden ghetto.

"The American Dream never did exist for one group of Americans--the poor. And if life has become more difficult for all working people, it is a disaster for the growing numbers thrown on the trash heap in the richest country in the world." (Alan Maass, Case for Socialism, 2003 - Haymarket Bks)

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The Heat Death of American Dreams

A number of news reports and commentary on Hurricanes Katrina and Rita have linked the disasters to global warming. Almost nobody noticed a crucial scientific finding, two weeks earlier, that foreshadows disasters on a far greater scale in the decades to come.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/101205EB.shtml