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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Bhaskar Sunkara

The American dream is dead for many. Social democracy can bring it back

An American flag on an abandoned trailer in Wyoming.
‘The widening life expectancy gap between poor and rich Americans now averages more than 10 years.’ Photograph: 24BY36/Alamy

I love the United States. My parents came here from Trinidad and Tobago the year before I was born, and they and my four siblings eventually became citizens. My parents struggled for many years to get established here, but it has offered us everything – security, belonging, opportunity.

Yet for many Americans, particularly those who have been in this country for generations building the foundations of American prosperity, the American dream is not alive and well.

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