The american dream being a lie is integral to the idea of america, we are the country of PT Barnum, Mormonism, and Hucksterism. Its who we are. That outsider groups, immigrants, and minorities feel betrayal over this only shows they were never truly Americans to begin with
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There have always been lots of honorable Americans. But they exist in spite of the American Dream, not because of it. That's why Nick Carraway leaves Gatsby's dreamworld and goes back to "the dark fields of the republic."
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