The hidden history of how Big Oil invented the American Dream
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https://grist.org/culture/hidden-history-american-dream-oil-gas-investigation/
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From the family car to the dream kitchen, fossil fuel companies sold a vision of prosperity that depended on their own products. Grist dug up a century of evidence that shows how they did it.
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