The lower-class American who believes it most fiercely is not foolish. He is the most successful product of the most successful ideological project in history.

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The lower-class American who believes it most fiercely is not foolish. He is the most successful product of the most successful ideological project in history. He has been given, in place of healthcare, the pride of empire. In place of job security, the comfort of superiority. In place of a political system that responds to his interests, the feeling that at least his country is the "most powerful," the "most important," the "main character." He drives an hour to a job that doesn't pay him enough, without benefits, without security, through infrastructure that is visibly crumbling, past towns that have been economically hollowed out by the same trade policy his government calls an achievement, And he waves the flag at the game on Friday night and means it. Not because he's stupid. Because the flag is the only thing he has been given that doesn't cost him anything to have. The identity is free. Everything else costs money he doesn't have. The ruling class that gave him the flag instead of a living wage understood the transaction completely. He was not told about it.

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The most disingenuous part of American propaganda is that the elites who promoted the "idea" of American exceptionalism convinced many lower-class Americans AND THEMSELVES that the United States is the 'best country in the world'. Over time, Americans have started believing this

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