Who Killed the American Dream?
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Who Killed the American Dream?

The Greatest Political Crime Ever Told

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  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Who Killed the American Dream?

The Greatest Political Crime Ever Told

About this book

Can't afford housing or healthcare? One 1886 Supreme Court fraud gave corporations constitutional rights over you—discover how billionaire oligarchs stole your future and the constitutional amendment to take it back.

You work harder than your parents did, yet you can't afford a home. Billionaires are richer than ever. You know the system is rigged—but no one's told you how it happened or who rigged it.

Here's what they don't teach in law school: In 1886, the Supreme Court never ruled that corporations have constitutional rights. That "precedent" came from a single fraudulent sentence inserted by a court reporter working with a corrupt justice. One headnote. One lie. The greatest legal heist in American history.

That fraud did the following and more:
  • Crushed unions and shipped jobs overseas
  • Slashed taxes for the wealthy and gave corporations the power to buy elections
  • Transferred trillions from working families to billionaire oligarchs

That's why your paycheck doesn't stretch. That's why corporations have more rights than you do. That's why democracy is eroding. For 140 years, they've distracted Americans by blaming immigrants, "welfare queens," and each other—while billionaires rewrote the rules. Now people are pushing back: passing local ordinances, organizing for a constitutional amendment, and reclaiming power for We the People.

The rebellion has begun. Stop blaming your neighbors. Start demanding accountability. Learn how the system was stolen—and how to take it back.

Information

Year
2026
Print ISBN
9798890572639
Edition
1
eBook ISBN
9798890572653

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Author’s Note
  6. Prologue: A Crime in Plain Sight
  7. 1. The Scene of the Crime
  8. 2. The Courtroom Showdown
  9. 3. The Triggerman: J.C. Bancroft Davis
  10. 4. The Mastermind: Supreme Court Justice Stephen J. Field
  11. 5. The Seventy-Year Legal War
  12. 6. The First Corporate War
  13. 7. What the Founders Knew
  14. 8. The Crime Pays Off
  15. 9. The Numbers Don’t Lie: Measuring the Death of the Dream
  16. 10. The Cover-Up: How They Pinned the Crime on Scapegoats
  17. 11. The Deflection Playbook: Culture War as a Substitute for Economic Reform
  18. 12. How to Undo the Crime: Restoring the Dream
  19. 13. What Happens After the Amendment Passes
  20. 14. The Rebellion Has Already Begun
  21. 15. The Amendment Movement and the State Resolutions
  22. 16. The Global Stakes
  23. 17. Corporate Immortality and Unequal Risk
  24. 18. The Media Oligopoly
  25. Epilogue: What History Will Say About Us
  26. A Study Guide
  27. Notes
  28. Index

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