Since the American Dream is a dream largely involving hopes of financial and material wealth, many of the worst aspects of human nature and behavior often emerge: For instance, when certain individuals step all over other people's rights to achieve their piece of the pie. In other words, to satisfy their own ruthless concept of the American Dream. For example, the unfortunate belief that "The Ends Justify The Means" causes many unscrupulous individuals to lie, bully, cheat, steal, or sometimes even kill their way to the top. Also, the fact that in this society people are often more admired for their material possessions, the clothes they wear, or the size of their bank account a lot of the time, rather than their character, humanity, or other nonmaterial qualities, is another unfortunate result of the myth of the American Dream. (to be cont'd)
[The original version of this essay first appeared in Eastern Connecticut State University's Campus Lantern student newspaper in the early '90s and part of my unpublished manuscript "In Mediocrity We Trust... In Debt We Die" And Other Essays]
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