The American dream has now morphed into an expectation. And if it isn't provided, or if it doesn't happen, then people feel cheated.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The American Dream may be slipping away. We have overcome such challenges before. To recover the Dream requires knowing where it came from, how it lasted so long and why it matters so much.
The American dream, to me, means having the opportunity to achieve, because I don't think you should be guaranteed anything other than opportunity.
The American Dream has run out of gas. The car has stopped. It no longer supplies the world with its images, its dreams, its fantasies. No more. It's over. It supplies the world with its nightmares now: the Kennedy assassination, Watergate, Vietnam.
I define the American dream as the ability to imagine a way that you want your life to turn out, and have a reasonable hope that you can achieve that.
For many, the American dream has become a nightmare.
The American Dream never really existed. It was a marketing scam.
When it comes to the American dream, no one has a corner on the market. All of us have an equal chance to share in that dream.
The American Dream, the idea of the happy ending, is an avoidance of responsibility and commitment.
There are all these people in this country who are just not participating in the American Dream at all.
The American dream is more about opportunity than anything else.