That article was exhausting.
He needs to stay in England and not worry about us. I’m certainly not worried about the English dream.
A lot of older people did live the American dream. Hey, “I got mine.”
You’re not getting the same?? Well, you’re lazy. And you don’t deserve the stuff I got. Sucks to be you. And any way, the American dream deserves to die. The important thing to keep in mind is: “I got mine.”
This is a crap way of looking at things.
Oh give me a break: despite all of the whining, the poorest person in this country has it better than a king had it century ago and vastly better than anybody living in the Third World.
You may not get the job you want but jobs are out there if you’re willing to work hard and honestly.
Freedom is the ability to succeed or fail - based on your own abilities and willingness to work at it.
According to AI—The article argues the American Dream is fading, and that may be good because it was largely fake and helped make an unfair system seem fair.
To all of the unbelievers.....
"Working hard and playing by the rules" does not "lead" to success.
Living your life that way IS SUCCESS!
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American dream is a dream to live in a free society. Not a dream to earn/steal as much money as possible.
“ From the moment I arrived in 1995, I was struck by how contemptuous people were of the people below them in the socioeconomic hierarchy”. Another blatant lie. The vertical mobility in the US is probably the highest in the world because it is not impeded by any other factor (heredity, education, etc), which is exactly the consequence of the country being a beacon of freedom to the world. Why would the hordes of illegal immigrants try to enter the US at any cost if this wasn’t true?
“The American Dream” has become living off other people’s money and not having to work, you don’t even have speak English.
If merit is supposed to mean nothing, then I am not suited for such a land.
If doing nothing, or even doing evil is equally morally and legally the same as working hard or bettering yourself legally, then I suggest we’ve set society to reward sloth and crime.
Just befriend someone who knows how to live well off welfare or a criminal who enjoys stealing and hurting others and start up your new direction in life from them.
If committing crime is your direction, consider your new trade being performed on people who write articles like this one.
I’m beginning to sound like a socialist
Toby's father actually was a socialist (and a lord, like Toby). It's likely that Toby's father taught him to feel guilty about his advantages in a way that others in his position don't. It's possible that lords may feel guilty about their position, but successful, privileged Britons may not be so very different from their American counterparts.
Eurotrash propaganda from a foreign communist faggot.
1st world problems
the simple fact is the poorest Americans have more wealth and luxury and 99% of humanity that ever lived could ever have even dreamed of.
The Socialist Democrats are trying hard to make it the American Nightmare, but if you follow 3 simple steps - you will not fail:
1. Get an education.
2. Get married.
3. Stay married.
Everyone in my immediate family is doing well.
This Euroweenie is full of crap. Hard work and effort may not get you to the "top", whatever that may be, but you'll be way ahead of where you would be as a slacker, especially if you stay away from the commie blue places.
And how exactly is the English dream going, two thoughts come to mind
Hanging in in quiet desperation is the English way
Aloha snackbar
Typical anti-American Spectator article.
I noticed he came here from England in 1995. He didn’t come here for the “American Nightmare”, he came here for the American Dream that he is now writing against.
Nothing but petty jealousy by a typical English Nancyboy.
The US has spent two generations re-writing history to show how unfair it has been and a full generation destroying meritocracy. And throughout we have publicized and celebrated the most egregious examples of nepotism in every aspect of human success, from acting and politics to medicine and athletics.
What do we expect opinions to be. But, reality is still that a person regardless of birth can get exactly what he wants unless he is stupid - you can’t cure stupid.
Success is especially sweet when you make it despite losers’ malicious efforts to impede, thwart, entangle, “cancel” or otherwise interfere with your own. Sometimes you have to play by your own rules. Don’t let the bastards get you down.