# America must wake up

> from the reality of the American dream

**Published by:** [Compossible - that which can live together](https://paragraph.com/@compossible/)
**Published on:** 2025-01-28
**Categories:** american, dream, trump, fascism, exploitation
**URL:** https://paragraph.com/@compossible/america-must-wake-up

## Content

Trump and his fascist goons are not a discontinuity but a return to the reality of the American Dream for most people: a nightmare of racist sexist economic exploitation of the weakest; prairie predators on the prowl; manifest destiny made flesh; a mirror to a dark soul. The American people must wake up, and that soon. The fall of Lucifer, engraving by Gustave Doré for Milton's Paradise Lost. "How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!" (image linked to Isaiah 14:12)Further reading:Requiem for the American Dream: The 10 Principles of Co...Read 412 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!In his first major book on the subject of income inequality, N...https://www.goodreads.com

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