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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
having relatives who came here with $20 in their pocket, no i see the dream every day that I meet with them.
I see people from Mexico crossing the borders illegally becasue the oppurtunity to be better than the villages they came from is more than enough for most.
It offers and presupposes oppurnity, not guarantees of success.
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It could just as easily be said that most self help presupposes self worth, not a guarantee of personal success.
I see the emptiness of the dream. It's reflected in the increasing gap between the wealthy and the poor and the shrinking middle class. Your twenty dollared relatives could have just as easily toiled in obscurity just below the poverty line for the rest of their lives.
This is where it started:
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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
You cannot have a life plan predicated on the belief that everything is equally achievable to you — especially if that same message has been sold indiscriminately to all comers.
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How does this not describe the american dream?