America\u2019s unique place in the world, the dream of prosperity for the hardworking \u2014 these are some of the myths that the United States has told about itself, but which critic Eric Cheyfitz argues are now fraying.\xa0 He discusses the role of ideology in the U.S., from the American Revolution to the present, and why it is no longer working.\nResources:\nEric Cheyfitz, The Disinformation Age: The Collapse of Liberal Democracy in the United States Routledge, 2017\nThe post Political Language vs Political Reality appeared first on KPFA.