Is American dream really dead?

[Anonymous]

They always sold us this dream since we were born by Hollywood movies and shows. But when i check out america today, as a non-american, i really don't wanna even visit that country. Reality is much different.

Even the reason why i learned English was to become an American citizen someday.

[midnightmoon05]

Yeah… don’t come.
my sister just married a French men and he is in joy to be here… he is doing really well compared to being in France.
we travelled to Japan last summer… a young man we met at the restaurant who was our waiter… have left Japan and came to Canada… he was unable to come to the US. He is learning English and working. I am from an immigrant family like 30 years ago… we are all doing really well.
stop watching crap online. But if you watch and believe then your choice.

[Jersey2]

It is not dead. Hollywood used to love America but then it started to be hateful in general so they always put the country in a bad light. My three kids all received Masters Degrees and have no debt. The oldest two have both have 6 bedroom houses bought brand new.

They are all doing great and happy. Liberals in general love to hate on the country so you hear their points of view often as they are noisy.

[lightbulb27]

not dead, just getting really pricy.

you can be homeless in the gutter and become very successful. you have to work for it. I see people doing that now. I know people that moved here/immigrated from other country and living the dream.

[DryGermanGuy]

Some would argue that dream died with the stonecold application of Reaganomics.

[exitseven]

It does seem it is on life support. Mostly because wages have not kept up with prices. Hopefully some of President Trump's policies will help.

[DrPepper12]

NARRATOR: They did not...

[DrPepper12]

Why would you want to be a part of and witness a declining empire?

[Jersey2]

Why then have tens of millions stormed our border to become part of it then? If one were to leave a home country, one would select the best option to move to.

[midnightmoon05]

You ever wonder why people give up their families, lives to come to America?
Do we see it the other way around?
Those who are not happy they have been brain washed. America is great! Others I want to see them leave. Like they threatened to leave. Smh

[DrPepper12]

@Jersey2 yes it's still a desirable premier destination. So was Rome, Baghdad, Damascus, Paliputra, Aachen, Beijing, Changan, Karakurum & countless others. The decline always seems unlikely until bit by bit it becomes inevitable.
@midnightmoon05

[Jersey2]

The US can and will rebound from these past 4 years. Trump and DOGE will see to it. Lucky us. :D

[DrPepper12]

@Jersey2 if you're from Jersey I have a nearby bridge to sell you!

[Jersey2]

It seems liberals have been mentally masturbating to the imminent decline of the US since the 1960s.

[DrPepper12]

@Jersey2 actually mid 70s and not masturbating, observers of reality

[Jersey2]

And yet we are still number 1. It was supposed to be Japan in the 1980s. Europe after that. I suppose it is China now who will pass us but they have trouble looming as well. All this despite liberals holding us back to fulfill their need for failure. I think many liberals have depression and somehow just seem to like it when things go wrong.

[DrPepper12]

@Jersey2 "and yet we are still number one"

WTF does that EVEN MEAN? It's a vacuous, often inaccurate platitude for people with NO understanding of history, current events or reality

[Jersey2]

It means we have the number one economy, military, tech sector, telecom, space industry, entertainment sector and it goes on and on. I have an excellent understanding of history as I am a history buff, as for current events I read minimally 2-4 hours a day of news and at times 6 hours. I have also travelled to all seven continents and have experienced the world in-depth (I am out of the US at the moment).

[DrPepper12]

@Jersey2 all that and we still win the Economist misery index every year... 🤔

[Jersey2]

Ahh, that’s Biden and company… and you voted for them. Harris would have made you even more miserable. This is the land of opportunity… still. An illegal will come to this country this year and within 20 years will be a multi-millionaire. Just like 20 years ago some came with the same result. Others during that time made much better wages than the rest of the world but still complain.

Have you looked at the index? Looks like Trump was amazing in his first term? Looks like we ar doing pretty well overall.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misery_index_(economics)

Or income?

https://www.worlddata.info/average-income.php

Those Danes are sure happy but we have 10% more income. Lots of whining here. I have been to Denmark more than a dozen times. I like the people but they didn’t seem ecstatic. Maybe it just comes from within. Kind of like the Grinch and Christmas. People make themselves miserable. Some of the happiest people I have seen were in India. Not the rich ones I did business with, the common folk getting their haircut on the sidewalk while sitting in a high chair for adults as an example. Or the people paying a penny for river water that was toted up by a dirt poor man in an old metal cooler. They were genuinely happy people.

I feel I am happy. Not just because as I type this I am on a bed looking out a corner hotel suite of wall of floor to ceiling curved windows from the 41st floor onto an amazing view, but because I am just happy. It comes from within. And I worked my way up and started with an empty apartment and was happy then with little so it’s not the suite it is the internal happiness. But living in a wildly corrupt county with the likes of Biden and Harris was hard and that did take its toll on me (I am serious). But now we have a chance to right the ship again. Be happy my friend, be happy.

[beefcakebradybatson]

Yep, and for some (African Americans) it's been a 405-year nightmare !!!

[Jersey2]

They are rich by world standards and Africa is not that far with air travel. They are welcome to go or stay but they stay.

[midnightmoon05]

@Jersey2 exactly… and many still risking their lives to come… I don’t see people leaving their families to take a speed boat to another country.

[beefcakebradybatson]

@Jersey2 Another excuse for white racism, eh?

[Jersey2]

Just the facts.

[Anonymous]

So you haven't visited the US and have judged us solely by what you have been told on the internet. Yes, please stay where you are.

[Asker]

Watched a million videos, documentaries and read million comments and chatted a million American online. Are all they scammers?

https://youtu.be/G7z1kjkdRxU?si=U_9PD58BufvQWG9M

[Opinion Owner]

What is your home country?

[Asker]

Somewhere in the Europe but not a very rich country. And lots of friends have gone to the US.

[Opinion Owner]

So you are embarrassed to identify your own country. Jealous?

[Asker]

Not jealous or embrassed. I was just a fan of america and now terrified to go after millions of claims and videos.

[Opinion Owner]

You are embarrassed to identify your own country.

[Jersey2]

It’s China or Russia I would guess. They are definitely on here causing hate.

[FunkyMonkee]

Only for the next 7 weeks.

[Hellraiser1984]

Yes. it died when trump got reelected.

[midnightmoon05]

Take a speed boat and leave? No?

[Hellraiser1984]

@midnightmoon05 no just throw Trump and his idiot followers in prison.

[midnightmoon05]

Trump doesn’t destroy me. America is great.

[KrakenAttackin]

No, but it is paused.

[Pterodon]

Under Biden yes