Requiem for the American Dream
73 min
2015
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Requiem for the American Dream
Requiem for the American Dream
73 min
2015
7.7
Through interviews filmed over four years, Noam Chomsky unpacks the principles that have brought us to the crossroads of historically unprecedented inequality – tracing a half-century of policies designed to favor the most wealthy at the expense of the majority – while also looking back on his own life of activism and political participation. He provides penetrating insight into what may well be the lasting legacy of our time – the death of the middle class, and swan song of functioning democracy.
upper class
middle class
wealth
social commentary
working class
economics
biting
democracy
blunt
poor
wealth differences
celebrity interview
anxious
social study
wealth distribution
factual
social inequality
wealth inequality
matter of fact
