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Make America 1950 Again: The Myth of the Perfect Past
The red MAGA hat isn’t just merch—it’s a time machine. Not to a real past, but to a carefully curated hallucination. When Donald Trump revived Ronald Reagan’s “Make America Great Again,” he wasn’t selling policy—he was peddling nostalgia. And not just any nostalgia: white-picket-fence, leave-it-to-Beaver, men-in-charge, minorities-in-their-place nostalgia. For 81% of Trump supporters, life today…
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The American Dream Was a Union Job—Not a Billionaire Fantasy
Introduction For much of the 20th century, the American Dream wasn’t a lottery ticket—it was a union card. It meant a decent paycheck, a modest house, weekends off, and a shot at sending your kids to college. That version of the dream was real because workers had power. But somewhere along the way, that dream…