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Bernie Sanders – What Happened to the American Dream? (Original Post) tracks29 Mar 2015 OP
It only exists for the 1% now, they made damn sure of that. Dont call me Shirley Mar 2015 #1
We started listening to our fears instead of our hopes. jeff47 Mar 2015 #2
It's gone. Time to recreate it, better than before. n/t Avalux Mar 2015 #3
That's the right attitude- appalachiablue Apr 2015 #6
It has never existed. Skidmore Mar 2015 #4
K&R woo me with science Apr 2015 #5

jeff47

(26,549 posts)
2. We started listening to our fears instead of our hopes.
Tue Mar 31, 2015, 05:30 PM
Mar 2015

You can't have a dream with fear. Only nightmares.

Now run along and let the "real" candidate win. If you don't, there's all sorts of fears to throw at you.

Skidmore

(37,364 posts)
4. It has never existed.
Tue Mar 31, 2015, 05:56 PM
Mar 2015

The idea of the American Dream has been dangled out there quite a while. How many actually attain it? It's like the lottery. A trick to keep people filling the coffers of the wealthy.

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