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There are two American dreams. One of them I call the ‘American fantasy.’ You know that one? Everyone is going to be rich. Everybody. And we're all going to be able to ride out to the great white suburbs, get a McMansion, get flat-screened TV to cover up the holes in our lives. That is the American fantasy, which is turning out to be the American nightmare.

That's not my American dream. My American dream is about the freedom to make my own way in life and be left alone. I have no interest in great wealth and have no issue with those who do.

In the eyes of Van Jones and his comrades, I'm the worst kind of poor because I don't seethe with anger at those who have more. Any anger I feel is directed toward scum like Jones who make themselves rich by stirring anger at other wealthy people.