I think the American
dream is a psychological strategy that the upper class has been using to
brain-wash the public. I won’t feel unfair if I have a way to reach a higher class
like higher class do even it is just an illusion. Although people from lower
class probably cannot reach a much higher class in their whole life, they still
feel comfortable during their hardworking, as well as under the control by the
upper class mentally. They lost their ability to find out what they really want for happiness.
First，as the comic below said
‘the top 10％（upper class）own half of the resources and 90％（public） share
another half. The upper class must have a reason for this otherwise the public
will not accept it.’ In fact, the American Dream is the reason. They not only
made up this reason but also proved it with ‘hardworking’, although we all know
they may not work hard. This gives the public a hope and an illusion of
equality.
Second，there is also a
sentence used in advertisement；“You won’t archive the American Dream by dreaming，you‘ll archive it by
doing.’” This sentence obviously
shows what the publisher wants the public to do：“to do”. If the pubic believe in that working
hard leads to success，they will not march for their salary or working treatment because
they believe they will have the treatment they deserve if they keep working
hard.
It has never been a
fair world: American Dream has different definitions for everybody and the
upper class has the right to interpretation. So for all the reasons I have provided，I strongly believe the
American Dream is an illusion that brain-wash the public.
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| Comic：Inequality between different class |
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