What is the American Dream nowadays?

[Klukie]

And does it need to be adjusted?

[freshwest]

1. It's still what MLK said it was, not this materialist nightmare that is never satisfied.

[RKP5637]

2. IMO just surviving for many in a plutocracy. n/t

[grahamhgreen]

3. A Nightmare. nt

[bvar22]

4. THIS generation of fathers will NOT be able to tell their children that...

..if you work hard, go to school, and stay out of trouble,
you can do better than me.

That hasn't been true for about 30 years.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

5. For many, a water-tight cardboard box. nt

[RKP5637]

6. I've thought numerous times now it's really an unpleasant place for many to live. Each day

brings a new crisis, outrageous rhetoric and a seemingly endless supply of political looney toons. And seldom do I hear any effective meaningful solutions to anything. This is not an Obama bash, I'm just commenting in general on the environment in the US.

True, there are far worse places, but once upon a time this was a pretty good place, true, never for everyone, but there have been better times for many than now.

That's what led me to say just survival for many in an obvious plutocracy is an American dream today.

[FirstLight]

7. surviving through the bullshit

making it till the next paycheck
not getting benefits cut off
having housing, of any kind
being able to live mostly unhindered, keep your head down, and don't make waves


ya, that's about right

[Stinky The Clown]

8. Avoiding a diet of cat food in one's old age.

[Modern_Matthew]

9. You had to be asleep to believe the old one. The new one is non-existent. nt

[sfwriter]

10. twinkies and porn?

Seriously, I'm noticing that people just expect their careers to stink now.

[Jack Rabbit]

11. Robbing banks?

Please click here.

[Warpy]

12. The American Dream can no longer be achieved

so it's just another damn dream. Now sit up straight and get back to work!

[zbdent]

13. being able to feed your family AND keep your family healthy ...

on what you and your spouse bring home from all the jobs you are doing, along with whatever the kids can collect from recycling pop cans ...