Americans like to use phrases like, “land of the free,” and “the American dream,” primarily because phrases like these have been spoon-fed to them via media outlets and social norms, and have been passed down through generations.

But what do these clichés represent? Like the American system of economics and currency, does this nation possess the gold to back its dollar? When was the last time America had to prove that she really was “indivisible,” if ever?

Isn’t that one of America’s most defining features? Is it not divided? Is it not diverse?

The last words of the pledge of allegiance, ironic as it is, are “liberty and justice for all,” but does that phrase ring true “for all,” or even, for any?

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