In an interview with Al Jazeera in Qatar, Loyola University professor Donald. Colin said the era of the American Dream has passed, causing widespread controversy.
In order to support his opinion, he provided a lot of evidence on other **. He has repeatedly stressed that both American history and reality have shown that this view is correct.
The core of the American Dream, which is widely publicized by the United States, is the promotion of Western universal values. However, the American dream of the past was not simply achieved through hard work and hard work, but also closely related to the times in which we lived.
In the past, people understood the "American Dream" as if "God rewards hard work" in traditional Chinese culture, but today, the reason why Americans succeed in realizing the American Dream is not something that can be achieved by a single effort, and the background of the times plays a decisive role.
On November 11, 1620, 102 displaced Puritans bravely set foot in what is now a port in Massachusetts, aboard the Mayflower.
These valiant voyagers were the first Americans in the modern sense, and their arrival revealed a new chapter in a nation's history. It is precisely because the United States is a country created by countless immigrants that the country has a diverse culture and unique values.
In 1776, in the flames of the Revolutionary War, the United States courageously issued the Declaration of Independence, which for the first time clearly put forward the modern political concept that "all men are created equal".
This declaration is not only an important milestone in the history of the United States, but also has a profound impact on the world.
When it comes to the American Dream, people often cite American political slogans such as all men are created equal, democracy, and freedom. It seems that these slogans are closely tied to the United States. In fact, these slogans did attract many savvy and capable immigrants and were a key force in making the American dream come true.
Today's American society is home to small communities of immigrants of all races. For example, Chinese, Irish, German, Italian, etc., they rarely communicate in ordinary times, and even retain their own cultural traditions.
However, it is these immigrants from different ethnic groups who have become a valuable human resource and knowledge treasure trove for the United States. Their hard work and intellectual contributions have made the United States prosperous and strong today.
At the end of the 19th century, the U.S. economy was on a rapid trajectory, and many Chinese and Irish immigrants left their homes to seek livelihoods in the United States. They are discriminated against and unfairly because of the language barrier.
However, they did not give up and chose to take up jobs that were considered drudgery and unprofitable, such as miners and railroad workers. At that time, miners and railroads in the United States worked in harsh conditions, and the slightest carelessness could kill them.
Although Chinese and Irish immigrants had many job options in the United States, at the time, they had few other options. The labor market is saturated due to the fact that the United States hosts immigrants of all ethnicities, making it necessary for most immigrants to work in high-risk, high-intensity jobs without security guarantees.
It wasn't until May 10, 1869, that the Pacific Railroad opened, a 3,000-kilometer railroad that spanned many states and counties in the United States, providing more jobs for immigrants.
The "Pacific Railroad" in the United States was built at great cost to countless Chinese and Irish immigrant laborers. According to historians, at least 12,000 Chinese laborers died during the construction process, and a large number of Irish workers**.
So much so that today, there is a saying circulating in American society: "The remains of an Irish railroad worker are buried under every Pacific railroad sleeper." Ironically, however, the United States is still reluctant to acknowledge their contributions, and only a handful of civil justice activists are campaigning for their rights.
In addition to the "Chinese workers" who participated in the construction of the United States, African American immigrants have also made outstanding contributions to the construction of American society. Their ancestors were mostly black slaves who were trafficked to the Americas by European slave traders.
Once blacks could barely make ends meet on super-intensive work on plantations owned by white slave owners. Later, the United States announced the emancipation of black slaves, and these blacks became ordinary laborers at the bottom of American society.
Although American society is still accustomed to seeing black as a "clear mark" of crime, the tragedy of the black community is caused by the United States.
Also making outstanding contributions to the great infrastructure movement in the United States are Chinese and Irish workers. In the early part of the last century, the Empire State Building in New York City was erected thanks to the hard work of many black Americans.
However, these black workers were paid far less than white workers, but they also faced the dilemma of not having enough to eat, and even after the completion of the Empire State Building, they did not receive the recognition they deserved in American society.
This is the harsh reality under the slogan of the "American Dream", which is clear at a glance.
The American Dream may seem glorious, but it is actually built by the hard work of many immigrants. However, the "American Dream" is often enjoyed by the descendants of European immigrants, who often ignore or even ignore the rights and plight of people of color.
These white people seem to be inherently unrelated to the pain and struggles of these people. In addition to exploiting and dividing its own citizens, the so-called "American dream" is based on the suffering of third world countries.
This tragedy is even more ridiculous than the story of minorities in the United States.
Countless people have traveled to the United States in pursuit of the "American Dream", but they may not realize that the era of the American Dream has passed, and that the realization of the American Dream has come at the expense of the people of countless Third World countries.
This phenomenon is particularly pronounced in Latin American countries. In March 1899, a company called United Fruit was founded in Boston, USA, and the banana company that later terrified the whole of Latin America.
Prior to the establishment of United Fruits, its significant shareholder Mc.With the right to operate the railway, Keighley almost monopolized Costa Rica's **. As a result, United Fruit immediately took control of the fruits of Central America.
Although the business area of United Fruit may not seem to be remarkable, after all, it is only a company that sells bananas, how much of a sensation will it cause? But this is not the case, United Fruit not only has hundreds of large plantations in Latin America, but has even built its own army around the plantations.
As long as the country** develops a policy that is not conducive to the joint fruit, they can immediately send in an army to overthrow the country**.
Some of the top executives of United Fruit Company even serve as US tax collectors because the company pays a large amount of tax to the US federal government each year.
This allowed United Fruit to send back a steady stream of wealth plundered from Latin America to the United States. United Fruit employees and lackeys dominate Latin America, often committing violence and even killing plantation workers, all of which have long been accustomed to the local population.
Because Latin America is heavily influenced by Catholic culture, people have even given United Fruit Company a very ironic nickname - "Yellow Pope".
Turn these places into U.S. drug manufacturing bases.
The United States** does not hesitate to support the cultivation and sale of drugs in third world countries for the sake of tax revenue, even if it means that the economies and people of these countries are in trouble.
The huge volume of drug transactions has brought high "consumption tax" revenues to the United States**, but it has brought endless suffering to the people at the bottom of American society. The regimes and warlords supported by the United States have grown and grown locally, becoming a criminal force to exploit the local people, especially in Latin America.
Therefore, one cannot help but sigh: "America's prosperity is built on the pain of Latin America." ”
Although successive US leaders, such as Nixon, have carried out special crackdowns on the drug problem, the drug problem is still a difficult problem for Latin American countries to solve.
It's not that they don't want to get rid of their over-dependence on drugs, it's that the United States doesn't give them that opportunity. Drug-related crime and violent conflict have become intolerable in Latin America and many third world countries.
And those drug dealers supported by the United States and the United States**, which shelters drugs**, have made a fortune on top of people's suffering. In order to escape this hellish life, countless Latin Americans have chosen to bring their families to try to cross the southern border of the United States into the United States in search of livelihood.
Some of them are also attracted to the slogan of the American Dream, hoping to achieve their goals in life through their own efforts and labor.
The challenge facing the "Latin American immigrant" in American society lies in the American dream of white Americans, or in other words, only the American elite can truly benefit from it.
People in many Third World countries are living in the same hardship as the people at the bottom of the United States. After all, if all Americans live affluent lives, how will the quality of life of the rich at the top be maintained?
The American Dream is just a "propaganda myth" created by the exploitation of others, and many people are confused by its superficial rhetoric and cannot see through the essence behind it.