Do you still believe in the American Dream?
Do you still believe in the American Dream ?
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we'll be discussing the American Dream. So let's get right into the definition
provided by Oxford language. The American Dream is the ideal of equality and
opportunity that is available to any American, allowing the highest aspirations
and goals to be achieved. Examples of the American Dream include owning your
own house, starting a family, having a stable job, or owning your own business.
So how did the American Dream come to be? What do we know now? The Founding
Fathers who declared independence from England based their belief on
inalienable rights. They are credited with creating the concept of the American
Dream. These men held that the right held that the rights of life, liberty, and
pursuit of happiness or natural human rights. They founded a nation in which
individuals could live the life they wished and be free from the constraints
of their birth class all day. Although this concept was eventually named the
American Dream by writers, people's interpretations of it have evolved significantly
over time. I want to talk about the evolution of the American Dream
because it helps you. I feel like for me, it helps me understand more really
how it's changed over the years. So the dream was realized in colonial America
through the interactions between social classes. The new experience of equality
was written about by people. At that time. Workers felt that they could raise
their status with hard work and were able to communicate honestly with their
bosses. The American Dream inspired many people to race for land during the
westward expansion and led hard lives on the frontier. Because of their
diligence, they were able to establish themselves on a portion of the vast land
that was available to pioneers and homesteaders. People battled. People, battled
one another to acquire a plot of land for themselves because they had a very
individualistic and competitive conception of the American Dream. Americans
found a common dream at the beginning of the 20th century, one which they had
banded together to improve the conditions faced by a majority of Americans.
Franklin D Roosevelt, 1s um, famously known. Maybe some of you guys know him
as FDR and his New Deal programs promise safe, healthy futures for every
American. A new understanding of the American Dream. It was the idea that
everyone should have the opportunity to achieve the American dream. It was a
common belief among those who pushed for American involvement in the World
War Two. 1s Um, I feel like the war gave. 2s
Americans like the opportunity kind of like to show their idealism to the
rest of the world, kind of because, you know, like freedom of speech. 2s
Freedom of religion. 1s Freedom of fear. And there's one more. 1s
Freedom of wants. 1s They're the four fundamental freedoms that FDR
defined as the American Dream. 1s It's like. 1s The Americans that
were fighting in the war they like fought to protect it. The American dream. I
feel it's like the American dream was being lived by the people. 1s
Who could provide for their families, protect them, and practice the
religion as they saw fit and express their emotions? Eventually, the men came
home from World War Two with a renewed vision of the American dream. Homes in
Tibet, inhabited by contented, content families who took summer
