I'm re-reading Bloom's book The Closing of the American Mind so I'm in one of those moods. How come on the show MTV Cribs, we never see their libraries?

And why can't people be content with their lives? Why do they want more? Pro athletes who "have it all" have affairs. The plumber wants a bigger house. The teacher wants to make more money. You get the idea.

In the words of the Violent Femmes, in their song "America is...": "The American dream is only a dream."