Unfortunately, by the time all of these acolytes began indoctrinating youth into the movement, the window was closing. Even after that truth became undeniable, by the early twentieth century, acolytes still preached the gospel. It was convenient for them to do so. If the masses remained focused on the dream, they’d be too busy hustling to fight for social services, government regulations, or collective power, any of which would have alleviated the poverty ravaging America, but specifically at the expense of the self-made men.
