End of the American Dream

[bekkilyn]

So we're all OK that the current system has, over time, evolved so that every advantage goes to the very rich, with more and more stumbling blocks (FICO scores, student loans, insurance- dominated health care) to keep the rest of us in our place. I'm convinced that greed is the dominant value in what passes for culture here. Other countries seem to regard a well-educated population (for example) as an investment in their future; we think of our students as a herd of cash cows.

We've been trained well in our cultural brainwashing....

I'm with you on this one, Jane. It's absolutely not okay. Sometimes I have to really look deep to find anything of any real value remaining in our culture...or what passes for it as you suggested.