Is the American dream dead?

[I Really Mean It]

it was always a nightmare.

 

[Elim Garak]

For the most part yes.

 

[Pool_Shark]

The American dream was a nightmare for others. No one comes out of the other side unscathed

 

[MajesticLion]

American marketing is. It's much easier to get past the packaging now, it's much easier to access information and people, in order to evaluate the product. Especially for Americans themselves. It's much easier now to know how you're being lied to, and much harder to deny.

So much so that there's an entire segment of the internet dedicated to shoring up that denial, trying keep the entire scheme going as long as possible.

 

[CopiousX]

They're trying to take away social security. Pension funds getting snatched up. Wages are flat and home prices are soaring. This shyt getting wild brehs

I dunno. While quite a few folks are hording properties, I guarantee you somebody is moving into these 1400 studio(s). So somebody out here is doing well

 

[JoseLuisGotcha]

Been there done that

That’s why i said it we used to chop it up about it

 

[Cakebatter]

The American Dream is dead. We are in a new Gilded Age. Things aren't going to get better, but worse economically for the poorest 80% of Americans. We won't see any real change until people like Doctors and Lawyers realize they are economically closer to people living in tent cities than the 1%.

 

[NoirDynosaur]

The American dream has been a lie for your entire life OP. Besides that dream was never for black people to be successful

The American dream is a dream because you have to fall asleep to believe in it

However, being a digital nomad is a life changer

 

[UberEatsDriver]

Why don’t y’all just move to another country?

 

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[null]

Why don’t y’all just move to another country?

the obvious "better" countries are not good for the brothaman

 

[The_Truth]

No, as long as you go into the Air Force the dream is alive

Care to elaborate?

 

[Noriega]

For many mainstream true middle America CACs, it’s finally “over” because true industries (steel, manufacturing) are gone and ain’t coming back

Let’s not act like these same “cac” jobs you are talking about didn’t hold down the black family for decades. Manufacturing, trades, government jobs were the backbones for black families back in the day

 

[TRUEST]

If the American Dream is home ownership and you don't own one already then yes

Not necessarily. You just may have to move further away to get the home you’re comfortable with. Most people, for social reasons, have an issue moving too far away from their friends and family, which I understand. However, if you want to give yourself a better chance of being able to get out the rat race, you might want to consider a move. An hour or even 2 or 3 hours away from everyone isn’t really all that bad.

 

[Paper Boi]

been dead since before you were born most likely