The American Dream

The American Dream does exist, but it isn't the fairy tale it used to be. People are more educated to exactly what is available in the United States today. Sure, we have racial and gender equality and the ability to change social classes through hard work or simple luck, but we definitely lack the idealism of previous eras. Today, we have high taxes, labor laws, insurance issues, and the realities of hard labor. People understand that to ascend social classes, they'll have to beat many others trying to accomplish the same feat.