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[–] ClitoralCommander 0 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago 

The American Dream is dead. At least in earlier decades, if you were hardworking, you had the chance to get a decent paying job. You could afford a car and a house and could settle down with a family. That's all rapidly disappearing now, and I doubt that my kids will ever experience the notion of the American Dream.

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[–] ObscureReference 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

One of the things I found remarkable was the morphing of 'The American Dream' into the 'Bootstrap Millionaire' meme. Maybe I am cherry-picking my sources here, I understood 'The American Dream' to mean living of comfortable life, owning a home, and being able to retire with decent benefit based on a 40 hour work week, maybe with a single earner in the family. Now when I see 'American Dream' references, it is all out getting rich, bi**h.

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[–] ClitoralCommander 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Yeah, originally it was all about getting a stable job and retiring with a good wife. People seemed happy to work their jobs as long as they payed decently and were stable. Now, people jump from job to job searching for the one that pays the best. I'm not sure if this is good or bad for the economy, but it can't be good for society. The prevalence of minimum wage, low-skill jobs seem to have gotten rid of that.

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[–] toobaditworks 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Blame those who brought globalization to America. The whole point of Ross Perots debate against Bush and Clinton. Everything he said came true. And the mass media and TV shows including Saturday Night Live called him crazy and made him a laughing stock for the brain-dead zombie couch potato idiots. Now their families are suffering from their lack of research into the subject. Now they are doing the same to Ron Paul and Rand Paul. A never-ending propaganda campaign to destroy America.