People have got softer and want communism which is the opposite of the American Dream. The American Dream is a way of making it/ getting rich all by yourself without government interference. People want the opposite because there’s so many homeless people and people are just lazy and want the government to take care of them. In my opinion.
India had many resources and was very successful
He was a spokesperson of his generation because his books mostly spoke about people who experienced suffering due to the gilded age system of values.