The 'American Dream' was that you could have a property/house (small!), maybe a one car, maybe some 'fancy' things like a diswhasher, and probably do that while

The 'American Dream' was that you could have a property/house (small!), maybe a one car, maybe some 'fancy' things like a diswhasher, and probably do that while only one parent was working, and your rights would be protected, you'd have political stability and participatory democracy, rule of law, a sense of national identity, and probably an 'ok retirement' - and you'd be able to do that in your 'community'.