Same as an actual dream

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      The American dream was killed in the 90s 80s…

      Reagan started that murder and every administration since has kept stabbing the victim.

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      it was always a lie meant to keep the poors divided, the statue of liberty was panned extensively for it’s inaccurate inscription back when it was first installed

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        It was actually true for white blue collar workers in the midwest during a few decades after WWII.

  • I want to live a Norweigian Dream…

    But they are strict on immigration so… 🤷‍♂️

    I still rather be American than being Chinese… I hate my former country with a passion, corrupt ass CCP stole my country and tried to end my existence wirh stupid “One Child Policy”… So it’s not my country anymore

    /end rant

    May my next life be born a Norweigian pls…

    Or you know… an actual utopic advanced space-faring alien civilization

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    The American Dream was an illusion. It was all propaganda to convince people to feed themselves to the capitalist machine for a chance at living the dream life, but even people who aren’t trapped under years of medical debt or homeless or visible minorities don’t have it easy, they’ve just been convinced that’s as good as it gets.

    Edited cause my grammar was weird.

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    I had my eyes opened in my 20’s when talking to a few black people I knew. The description of what they had to do and faced in our society made me realize a lot. It’s always been a nightmare, I was just lucky I was a white one.

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    It’s always been pretty bad for large chunks of the population. This seems like a low point, but there have been many lows in living memory. Civil rights movement in the 60s. Vietnam war. War on drugs. Countless cruelties done to non-whites and queer folks.

    Even the idealized stuff of “buy a house on one income” was more for white people than anything else. Redlining, mortgage discrimination, “and then the white people burned down our house” were all realities.

    This country has always been deeply racist. The wealthy ownership class has largely been soulless ghouls. Maybe they build libraries and museums for a while, but they still oversaw tremendous suffering and poverty.