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🗓️ 10 October 2024
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0:00.0 | News Flash, the American Dream as we know it is dead. |
0:08.8 | Today I'm going to show you why and how you can build your own dream instead. |
0:12.5 | Let's get right into it. |
0:13.5 | So the promise of the American Dream |
0:14.9 | has long attracted people from all over the world |
0:17.0 | to build a better life for themselves |
0:18.8 | and their families. |
0:20.1 | The American Dream promises that if you just work hard enough, |
0:23.0 | you can have the life that you want. |
0:24.8 | Of course, the system is now structured entirely different. |
0:27.6 | Those that don't work are rewarded with the most benefits. |
0:30.8 | It's unbelievable. |
0:31.8 | Yet Americans right now, they're working full long careers |
0:34.7 | and still can't afford to make ends meet when it's time to retire. This is a shame. |
0:39.5 | And at one point the middle class was the largest generation. Families could afford a home, a nice car, raise a family, all on one income. Not today. Nearly everything in our economy has shifted in the last few decades. College has become astronomically more expensive. |
0:54.7 | The job market has gone through a complete overhaul. |
0:57.4 | And the housing market especially has changed dramatically. |
1:00.4 | Post World War II, the American dream became intricately tied with the idea of |
1:04.5 | home ownership in the United States. All sorts of photos from Life magazine showed a |
1:08.4 | family in their front yard with a car in the driveway and a home behind them. |
1:12.3 | Today, many Americans still believe that sentiment. car in the driveway and a home behind them. |
1:12.8 | Today many Americans still believe that sentiment. |
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