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till you might not ever get back to the real world. Total escape is futile. As for expanding your mind...nah just kidding. So this book's supposed to about the American Dream....but where is it? As far as I can tell, it's a cement building where druggies used to hang out in the 60's, but a fire put it out of use...
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So now it's a smoke-charred hard grey building with weeds growing up through the pavement all around it. This is the American Dream. or at least a symbolic representation of it. Like, it doesn't even matter anymore, it's heyday is long past. So the American Dream is Vegas and Vegas is the Mecca of Capitalism...
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