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"may lose sight of the American Dream"? Dude. It's well and truly ever. Sorry for your loss.

• cscurmudgeon 2y ago
  Most data doesn't support that the dream is over: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/RHORUSQ156N https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/RHORUSQ156N https://www.statista.com/statistics/184266/educational-attainment-of-high-school-diploma-or-higher-by-gender/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/184266/educational-attai... There are some downside like wealth inequality but the dream is about individual attainment not comparisons with the Joneses.
  • txextos 2y ago
    You should try reading de Tocqueville. It is literally the same country as it was in 1835. A man builds a home to grow old in and sells it before the roof is on is the American Dream.
  • stevage 2y ago
    Interesting stats, though stats like these are much narrower than what "the American dream" is meant to encompass. Home ownership accompanied by crippling debt is not freedom. And arguably very high rates of university degrees are a symptom of just how difficult it is to make a living without.