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I got the impression that GPs point was that the American Dream is about improving ones own fate (especially when the environment is hard) rather than complaini
by praptak 14y ago
I got the impression that GPs point was that the American Dream is about improving ones own fate (especially when the environment is hard) rather than complaining about unemployment and wages.
- eli_gottlieb 14y agoGreat. Then obviously we should make life even harder for the masses so they can achieve even more glory from overcoming the even more overwhelming odds. And if they fail, they deserve what's coming to them! /sarcasm
- _delirium 14y agoI think of the American Dream as more structural: the idea that, unlike in countries with strong, hereditary class systems, anyone could succeed in the U.S. with effort, because your success was less tied to your pedigree. Imo, statistics, rather than anecdotes, are a good way of determining the extent to which that's still true.