The American Dream is a national ethos and world mythos regarding the United States of America, in which the democratic ideals are translated within the American context into a benevolent view of its very purpose - that prosperity is founded in liberty, and that liberty can be advanced through prosperity.
In the American Dream, the goals of all people (citizens and residents) to secure a livelihood, gain an education, build friendships and family, and live free of oppression and in peace, are regarded as fundamental to the philosophy, principles, and purpose for which the United States exists...
On Saturday 5/30/09 - 5:31:40 PM Proserpine wrote: I thought it was to own your own home. Because plenty of people do that, and are financially secure.
Well more than that:
Have a home in the suburbs
Have two kids
A dog
Two white collar jobs
One or two cars
A pool
et cetera
On Saturday 5/30/09 - 6:08:49 PM Proserpine wrote: We have all those things!! Or we did, before my dad was laid off. Now we have all but the whole jobs thing.
Are you white and (or rather, is your family) Protestant?
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