Documentaries worth sharing #22 · The American Dream (2010)
The AMERICAN DREAM is a 30 minute animated film that shows you how you've been scammed by the most basic elements of our government system. All of us Americans strive for the American Dream, and this film shows you why your dream is getting farther and farther away. Do you know how your money is created? Or how banking works? Why did housing prices skyrocket and then plunge? Do you really know what the Federal Reserve System is and how it affects you every single day? THE AMERICAN DREAM takes an entertaining but hard hitting look at how the problems we have today are nothing new, and why leaders throughout our history have warned us and fought against the current type of financial system we have in America today. You will be challenged to investigate some very entrenched and powerful institutions in this nation, and hopefully encouraged to help get our nation back on track.
Sounds interesting, will check this out, thanks for sharing!
Hi - One aspect of the American Dream - working class kids working their way through college to climb the ladder of opportunity is certainly dying out - 50% of college kids from low income households drop out of college before completing, because the pressures of doing paid work and studying are too great.
I got this from an interesting Thinking Allowed (radio 4) podcast which I summarized here, if yer interested....
Thanks I'll check it out