America’s painful self-delusion

https://www.defiantliving.com/2017/12/14/americas-painful-self-delusion/

 "For most of us Americans, resolving our cognitive dissonance would mean either accepting that we’re impotent and living futile (and feudal) lives, or rejecting our lifestyles and actively fighting the rot in the system. If we’re not willing to do either of those, the dissonance stays – and eats at us."