- “globalization and technological change have made most Americans less competitive”
- “If ‘the American political system helped create today’s problems,’ then surely ‘the American political system can solve them,’”
- Different definitions show the situation differently; only economic definition isn’t very favourable:
- “the American dream is of individual upward mobility, not social progress toward uniformity,” ⇒ survey: 61% agreed the American dream is achievable (May 2022, 1005 surveid, exclusively Latinos)
- “‘the American dream is not about money or getting ahead in life,’ but rather ‘living your life to the fullest,’” ⇒ survey: “16% of respondents said the American dream was to become wealthy, while 85% defined it as ‘the freedom of choice in how to live one’s life.‘” (2018)
- “Three recent studies, they said, suggest that the ‘vast majority’ of U.S. adults still ‘have higher income than their parents did.‘”
- “‘it is better to be born rich, brilliant and beautiful, but poor, ordinary and homely people succeed in America every day.‘”
- “the compensation for CEOs of large corporations has skyrocketed to 300 times the pay of their typical worker”
- “‘The United States is where great things are possible.’ Those are the words of Elon Musk.”