In 2022, TV Woke Up From the American Dream - The New York Times - 0 views
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In politics, “the American dream” has long been used aspirationally, to evoke family and home. But as my colleague Jazmine Ulloa detailed earlier this year, the phrase has also lately been used ominously, especially by conservative politicians, to describe a certain way of life in danger of being stolen by outsiders.
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The typical counterargument, both in politics and pop culture, has been that immigrants pursuing their ambitions help to strengthen all of America
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recent stories have complicated this idea by questioning whether the dream itself — or, at least, defining that dream in mostly material terms — can be toxic.
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