American Culture

The American Dream is based upon a core set of values with a philosophy that basically equates to: Work hard and play by the rules and you can succeed. Mainstream American values encompass such ones as equality, community, freedom, and democracy that reinforce the consciousness driving the American Dream. Despite the promises inherent in the philosophy behind the American Dream, the increasing dominance of capitalism and growing rationalization make achieving those promises impossible.

The increasing dominance of the wealthy class that owns the means of production in American society has created a nation of class division. Such divisions continue to grow more distinct and far apart, between haves and have-nots, rich and poor, employers and laborers, and minorities and whites. Marx warned against the dangers of capitalism's potential to create such unjust class divisions in the Communist Manifesto. In this work Marx (1963) maintains that "the history of all human society, past and present, has been the history of class strug

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