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=What does it mean to be American?=



Democracy in America
As one digs deeper into the national character of the Americans, one sees that they have sought the value of everything in this world only in the answer to this single question: **how much money will it bring in**? -Alexis de Tocqueville



The O'Jays For the Love of Money

Making Money
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The biggest threat to democracy in the United States today is economic prosperity. That observation isn't motivated by a desire to see people suffer, but rather is a challenge to the celebration of a certain kind of prosperity, distributed in a certain fashion, in the service of certain kinds of institutions, in which it turns out lots of people don't do so well after all. -Robert Jensen [|Full Article]

This is a busy floor at the New York Stock Exchange. The hustle and bustle never seems to stop as people buy and sell at the opportune moments to squeeze all possible value out of their dollar.Through my studies in American Literature this year, I have found that the American dream has always been connected to a desire for monetary gains. To many outside of our country, affluence has become synonymous to being American. The falsified dream of what it means to be an American makes its way into our daily media.

Reflection on Money Next Wall