The American Nightmare, on the other hand, is here to stay.
Cyndakill88 on
Unless one of your parents died in your 20s and left you everything. Seriously I’ve seen like 12 articles all saying “just have a parent die early” like it’s a scheduled event
Mixer-3007 on
“That’s why they call it the American Dream, because you have to be asleep to believe it.” George Carlin
BadChemical3484 on
Was only really attainable to more than a few for the boomer generation. Then they have spent their whole lives pulling the ladder up because the little babies were coddled and handed everything! Then the projection of kids don’t want to work anymore. Worst group of people in history.
usernames_suck_ok on
American Nightmare plus Dating Nightmare equals life sucks bigly.
TRtheCat on
The American Dream died in the 70s. Boomers and early gen X remember a world where their parents paid for everything and taxes on the rich were much higher, allowing all those roads fixed and infrastructure actually funded.
Unless there is a massive correction or another housing crash, home ownership is out of reach. Most people live paycheck to paycheck, saving enough for a down-payment isn’t going to happen. Houses used to be homes. Now they’re a commodity to be traded on a market that always wants more profit.
Do-you-see-it-now on
It was put into to a billionaire’s pocket.
Creative-Package6213 on
I’m middle aged and I’m pretty sure that I’m never going to be able to afford owning a home. Shit sucks knowing that I’m going to most likely be a renter in my 60’s and if I make it that far my 70’s.
no1ofimport on
It’s been in decline since trickle down economics was introduced by that devil Reagan. Now the super wealthy control the government and keep us all distracted from them robbing us blind. So long as the uneducated stay mad at the LGBT community and immigrants then we’ll never get the change we need in order to advance as a race.
Meekanado on
I’m waiting for the president to say that the American Dream is a Democrat hoax. Wouldn’t be shocked at all.
LuciusLaughalot on
Of course it is, in your dreams
Smaynard6000 on
The American Dream is to accumulate enough money so that America’s problems no longer apply to you.
xicor on
Hasn’t been ever since Reagan because people keep stupidly voting for repugnicans
FrancoManiac on
*The American Dream is a myth.* Seriously. Like the *Myth of the Frontier*, which the American Dream replaced, and the *Myth of the Melting Pot*. They’re movements in response to something — the 70s racial equality and civil rights melting pot, for example — but they were never truly realized potentials for the average civilian.
CountOnBeingAwesome on
Unless you have family wealth.
HateSarcasmLoveIrony on
No idea what they are talking about, I have at least 40 pencils.
Loot3rd on
What even is the “American Dream”? That term is used frequently and is extremely subjective. I know it used to mean “getting married, buying a house, having 2 kids + 1 dog, 2 cars and a yearly vacation. Is that really still the definition people are running with?
PensandoEnTea on
Not since the 90s, but especially not since 9/11
Phantom-Finger on
What American Dream? The only people that thought there was ever a Dream, was Americans. For rest of the OECD that was just called “the norm”.
FormerUsenetUser on
The American Dream does change. Once it was to kill a bunch of Native Americans, take their land, and chop down the forest on it with a hand axe to build a hardscrabble farm.
rounder55 on
And It hasn’t been for the majority of us for a while. Just been more and more obvious I guess
faith_apnea on
> The American Dream is a national ethos and a set of ideals that promises freedom, opportunity, and success to all citizens and immigrants through hard work and determination, regardless of their background.
In 2025 MAGA is revoking the promises, taking away freedom, allowing billionaires to minimize opportunity, questioning non-white citizenship entirely and believe lying and cheating are an appropriate path to success.
Still a dream, just happens to be a nightmare these days.
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The American Nightmare, on the other hand, is here to stay.
Unless one of your parents died in your 20s and left you everything. Seriously I’ve seen like 12 articles all saying “just have a parent die early” like it’s a scheduled event
“That’s why they call it the American Dream, because you have to be asleep to believe it.” George Carlin
Was only really attainable to more than a few for the boomer generation. Then they have spent their whole lives pulling the ladder up because the little babies were coddled and handed everything! Then the projection of kids don’t want to work anymore. Worst group of people in history.
American Nightmare plus Dating Nightmare equals life sucks bigly.
The American Dream died in the 70s. Boomers and early gen X remember a world where their parents paid for everything and taxes on the rich were much higher, allowing all those roads fixed and infrastructure actually funded.
Unless there is a massive correction or another housing crash, home ownership is out of reach. Most people live paycheck to paycheck, saving enough for a down-payment isn’t going to happen. Houses used to be homes. Now they’re a commodity to be traded on a market that always wants more profit.
It was put into to a billionaire’s pocket.
I’m middle aged and I’m pretty sure that I’m never going to be able to afford owning a home. Shit sucks knowing that I’m going to most likely be a renter in my 60’s and if I make it that far my 70’s.
It’s been in decline since trickle down economics was introduced by that devil Reagan. Now the super wealthy control the government and keep us all distracted from them robbing us blind. So long as the uneducated stay mad at the LGBT community and immigrants then we’ll never get the change we need in order to advance as a race.
I’m waiting for the president to say that the American Dream is a Democrat hoax. Wouldn’t be shocked at all.
Of course it is, in your dreams
The American Dream is to accumulate enough money so that America’s problems no longer apply to you.
Hasn’t been ever since Reagan because people keep stupidly voting for repugnicans
*The American Dream is a myth.* Seriously. Like the *Myth of the Frontier*, which the American Dream replaced, and the *Myth of the Melting Pot*. They’re movements in response to something — the 70s racial equality and civil rights melting pot, for example — but they were never truly realized potentials for the average civilian.
Unless you have family wealth.
No idea what they are talking about, I have at least 40 pencils.
What even is the “American Dream”? That term is used frequently and is extremely subjective. I know it used to mean “getting married, buying a house, having 2 kids + 1 dog, 2 cars and a yearly vacation. Is that really still the definition people are running with?
Not since the 90s, but especially not since 9/11
What American Dream? The only people that thought there was ever a Dream, was Americans. For rest of the OECD that was just called “the norm”.
The American Dream does change. Once it was to kill a bunch of Native Americans, take their land, and chop down the forest on it with a hand axe to build a hardscrabble farm.
And It hasn’t been for the majority of us for a while. Just been more and more obvious I guess
> The American Dream is a national ethos and a set of ideals that promises freedom, opportunity, and success to all citizens and immigrants through hard work and determination, regardless of their background.
In 2025 MAGA is revoking the promises, taking away freedom, allowing billionaires to minimize opportunity, questioning non-white citizenship entirely and believe lying and cheating are an appropriate path to success.
Still a dream, just happens to be a nightmare these days.