if your parents planted illusions in you instead of the truth, you shall grow into a fool. the illusions that schools teach are known as political agendas which are being pumped into childrens' minds instead of teaching them to use their own minds to solve problems and to shape their own political beliefs. we are only economic slaves if we look at life in that way and allow ourselves to become slaves. the american dream is only a myth to those people who choose to believe so because it makes it easier to deal with their own failures. as far as the truth, many people ignore the truth and would rather live in their own illusion, no matter what the truth is.