was a slogan of the Ku Klux Klan
who tried to patent it
in the 1920s.
The American Dream
was not, originally, an aspiration
to unbridled wealth amidst immigrant poverty,
but the dream of democracy
triumphing over monopolist capitalism
- which resulted in anti-Trust legislation.
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Right on. Yes, the truth and not fake news.
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