Been seeing a lot about how the government passes shitty laws, lot of mass shootings and expensive asf health care. I come from a developing nation and we were always told how America is great and whatnot. Are all states is America bad ?

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    1 year ago

    American Dream isn’t dead. I’m grinding for mine. It’s just definitely harder now.

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      I don’t think my parents or grandparents had to “grind” for the American Dream™. They could afford a house, a car, and raise a family all on one full-time job 50 years ago.

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        They may have had to grind but doing so allowed then to save and achieve their goals. Many people today grind themselves to dust merely to survive.

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        A lot of people don’t see what their parents had to deal with, because by the time we are old enough to notice those things, they have already had a chance to work their way upward. Not to say that certain things might not have been easier back then, because in some ways it certainly was. But I hear about how my grandparents worked in a factory or joined the military because it was their only option at the time, and then I hear about how my great grandmother had 8 children to take care of as a single parent, and she walked miles to get to work in her factory job. Things have always been difficult depending on circumstances.

      • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@midwest.social
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        Working full-time isn’t a grind?

        I’m speaking as someone who supports a family of five and bought a home on one income, btw. I work hard to do it, but I do it.

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      Unfortunately there are a lot of people here (and all over the world) who grind their asses off through multiple jobs while sacrificing their entire life, and still don’t earn enough to lead a decent life or own anything.