Not living the American dream

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Gob
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Not living the American dream

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While one in every seven Americans lives below the US poverty line, their stories remain largely untold.

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For Danish photographer Joakim Eskildsen, what he witnessed traveling around New York, California, Louisiana, South Dakota and Georgia for seven months was a far cry from the 'mythical' images he associated with the US as an outsider.

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But he found the American Dream was persistent within the country as well, working as a dangerous set of ideals that did not account for the realities of more than 45million people.

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Eskildsen, whose photographs are featured in the book American Realities, described his experience as 'heartbreaking' and said: 'The influence of the mass media is massive. Many people experience themselves as losers since they cannot live up to the ideals that are presented to them on TV.'


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Sixty million doesn't go as far as it used to:

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Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.


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Not Living The American Dream

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The American Dream: The quintessential carrot and stick.

"The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation."
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“In a world whose absurdity appears to be so impenetrable, we simply must reach a greater degree of understanding among us, a greater sincerity.” 
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But he found the American Dream was persistent within the country as well, working as a dangerous set of ideals that did not account for the realities of more than 45million people.
Dangerous ideals?
'The influence of the mass media is massive.
Visual media, he really needs to stick to visual media.


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Mind you, I agree with his overall point. And being Danish he has seen how a far better society can be made to work.
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