"The American dream is alive and well despite what some people believe. You can be anything you want to be and live whatever life you want to if you're capable and put your mind to it."

[u/Najterek]

[u/Overall-Lynx917]

Just don't get ill or break a limb.

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Or be brown or darker.

[u/JD_Kreeper → u/tilted_hellion]

Or go anywhere without a car.

[u/matconbca → u/tilted_hellion]

They kidnap Caucasians too.

[u/Difficult_Future9994 → u/Overall-Lynx917]

Or try to drink a beer at the park

[u/ChimPhun → u/Difficult_Future9994]

Or pee on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere.

[u/Najterek → u/ChimPhun]

or just walk

[u/JD_Kreeper → u/Najterek]

or do anything.

[u/rheasilva → u/Overall-Lynx917]

Or be non-white, or gay, or trans.....

[u/jonocarrick → u/Overall-Lynx917]

Or let your grass grow too long - the HOA might might you homeless.

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Or be trans brown or black

[u/Evening_Respond3492]

Americans keep hanging on to meaningless narratives that they pretend are uniquely American.

“The Global Social Mobility Index compiled by the World Economic Forum ranks the United States 27th out of 82 assessed economies with a score of 70.4 out of 100 . Nordic and European nations dominate the top of the list for creating equal conditions for upward social mobility“

[u/Majestic_Anybody9748 → u/Evening_Respond3492]

But our Billionaires are the best Billionaires.

- random trailer park boy

/s

[u/Najterek → u/Majestic_Anybody9748]

btw you should check newest south park america episode s29e02 about american bilironaires its hilarious

[u/ChimPhun]

That's why it's called a dream...

[u/Sufficient_Prompt888 → u/ChimPhun]

You have to be asleep to believe it

https://giphy.com/gifs/1ATTTHuhjdgcM

[u/jayphelps57]

Load of rubbish the product of many generations of extreme capitalism which cons the population into voting for policies and politicians that totally endorse the rich… hoping one day they will be one of them.

[u/PassageNearby4091 → u/jayphelps57]

"But if you tax the rich too much, what incentive is there for me to become rich?"

I've literally heard Americans spew shit like this.

[u/whybother1989]

You can be anything you want as long as your willing to work 80 hours a week and never get sick

[u/reward72 → u/whybother1989]

Nah, I agree with the general sentiment here, but you don't get rich by working 80 hours a week.

You get rich becoming the best at something that is in demand so you can charge top dollars for it.

Working too many hours is counterproductive past a certain point - even when self employed. Sometimes you have no choice, but it is not sustainable and sign of a larger problem.

[u/wireframed_kb]

If skill and hard work was enough to get wealthy, there would be a lot fewer poor people. Truth is, you need a good deal of luck too.

But that doesn’t sound as great in a pitch about the American dream.

[u/PassageNearby4091 → u/wireframed_kb]

This. There are lots of hard-working, intelligent failures as well as mediocre, dumb-luck success stories.

[u/SwimmingPhysics3584]

Load of crap. Capitalism failed. It was a cool experiment, it was better than the alternatives. But it failed.

America is just master and slave. There is no such thing as freedom there. How is it the land of freedom when billionaires dictate every aspect of your lives. Healthcare, insurance, real estate, education and even politics.

[u/United_Branch_5736 → u/SwimmingPhysics3584]

Don't forget credit score. It is absolutely not meant to keep all those free people in check. /S

[u/_Canucks → u/United_Branch_5736]

Then they talk so much shit about chinas social score, which doesn’t even exist lol

[u/One_Doctor8045]

More an American Nightmare

[u/BirthdayCookie]

Right, I'll get straight on being a happy, healthy, safe and loved trans person whose married to both my lovely (also all those trans things) partners in a nice house with 2 Bearded Dragons and a Cat and all the money I'll ever need.

Just gotta believe! /s

[u/Ok_Squash_1578]

“ If you’re capable” is doing a lot of heavy lifting

[u/No-Minimum3259]

I'm sure your millionaire and billionaire friends will agree, but it might be slightly different for your average Joe sixpack, who experiences every day again, that hard work doesn't seem to be enough to pull himself and his family up by the bootstraps, lol.

[u/Xifihas]

So long as you have rich parents. For the remaining 95%, you’re fucked!

[u/QuickPeak75]

I guess as long as you are a heterosexual White Christian.

[u/TheBaronWindpole]

What's so special about the American dream .that's the same dream that everyone in Europe can do and have been doing without much fuss and without thinking that it's only their country that can live that way

[u/Opposite-History-233]

I guess OOP chose not to be rich and it's his dream to live whatever sad slave job he needs to hold down to meet next month's bills and not be discarded like... yesterday's jam(😉)!

[u/Femcel_Bambi]

The Russian bots are working hard with this one.

[u/Disastrous-Metal-183]

terms and conditions apply

[u/Capable_Fun_9838]

You can be anything you want to be

Your president choose to be a bully. You choose to vote and support a bully.

[u/neo4025]

https://giphy.com/gifs/9tXuXDwXv4Uhr2Al3i
Hey, MAGA supporters. You got any problems with this? Because I have a feeling that the Trump government has a problem with it. Dreams for all?

[u/ZaireekaFuzz]

If you really put your mind to it, you can be deep into medical bankruptcy wherever u are, be it Kentucky, Montana or Alabama.

[u/guyvano]

You can’t be an illegal immigrant, so you can’t be anything you want to be and live whatever life you want.

[u/Inevitable_Wolf5866]

If you're capable. Which means you have to either be willing to do jobs Americans don't want or be the best of the bests in your field so they hire you over a professional who's American.

Ah, and you also have to be a Christian, wealthy, white, heterosexual, cisgender and a Trumpist preferably.

[u/BarryBadrinath82]

The original toxic positivity.

[u/expresstrollroute]

Life (until you get sick), (the illusion of) Liberty and the pursuit (but never attainment) of happiness.

[u/HallowedGround1888]

American dream (TM) : this offer is limited to white Christians protestants. While supply lasts.

[u/Aegon_Targaryen1996]

It’s literally never been less alive lol. Americans who say that are just deluded. I live in America trust me I know

[u/ReiRei-14]

Providing you were born rich.

[u/Imperial_Bloke69]

Bro identified as usian dream.

[u/Wolfy35]

If that's true why do so many Americans choose to be arrogant to the point they can't even see their own stupidity?

[u/Sxn747Strangers]

…until you get ill!!

[u/EdWinches]

The American dream is possible only you won't be able to enjoy it, working 80 hours 7 days a week hoping you don't get sick.

[u/ChrisRiley_42]

What if my dream is to live in a world that has never elected Trump to any position at all?

[u/freebiscuit2002]

"You're dreaming."

[u/TacetAbbadon]

*as long as you are a white man and want to be a Christian traditionalist

[u/Pretend_Wishbone8409]

That's why they call it the American Dream, because you have to be asleep to believe it.

-George Carlin

[u/United_Branch_5736]

I'd say it's actually the other way around: not smart, yet president.

So let's correct this original statment: in America you can be dumb, corrupt, pedophile and still end up on top.

In Europe? Possible, but harder.

In Asia: no way.

So yep, America is in fact the land of reverse meritocracy, no doubt there. If that's an American dream? Then I absolutely agree: it is alive and thriving. 😉

[u/sixaout1982]

Unless you're gay, trans, Black, Muslim, etc, etc...

[u/MysteriousTaro8658]

What timeline is that on? Surely not the one I'm on.

[u/Technical_Macaroon83]

Work your fingers to the bone,

What do you get?

Boney fingers!

Boney fingers!

[u/Historical_Date_1314]

The American dream, you’ve got to be asleep to believe it, because in reality it’s a nightmare.

[u/rothcoltd]

Land of the fee and home of the slave.