Belief in the American dream has collapsed. In a recent poll, only 27% of respondents said they felt that if you work hard, you’ll get ahead. Just 15 years a...
Perhaps in the 1950s maybe you could have had it as it was sold to you… as long as you were white, straight, and otherwise toeing the perfectly-normal-nothing-to-see-here line.
But beyond a very, very short period of privilege, it’s always been bullshit.
I mean, the american dream was always a lie.
Perhaps in the 1950s maybe you could have had it as it was sold to you… as long as you were white, straight, and otherwise toeing the perfectly-normal-nothing-to-see-here line.
But beyond a very, very short period of privilege, it’s always been bullshit.