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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
It also presupposes equal opportunity to FAIL.
The american dream presupposes opporunity not success.
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I don't recall any mention of opportunity to fail in the american dream. I don't think living in homeless shelters or losing your house because one of your kids got a serious illness is part of the american dream. The american dream is necessarily optimistic because to emphasize the plight of the millions of people for whom it is hopelessly out of reach would be self defeating for those who subscribe to it.
Besides, the part i quoted sums up the american dream just fine.
So what? You didn't know that the american dream is a lie too?