The American Dream is only possible for one who is asleep: What is the American Dream? According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, it is, “An American social ideal that stresses egalitarianism and especially material prosperity.” However, in the article written by Brandon Keim, featured in Wired Magazine, “American Dream a Biological Impossibility, Neuroscientist Says”, it is observed by Peter Whybrow, the aforementioned neuroscientist, that, “That unfortunate reality is produced by an out-of-control economic system .” The economic system being described, of course, is capitalism. Capitalism is a system based on wealth gaps, unfair labor practices, and primarily driven by money rather than workers. The article is spot-on in describing the
