American Dream: Expectation vs. Reality (Satire Only)

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5GT. D34N 12 hours ago

Achievable only towards straight white American men:

Being able to own a large home or mansion
Annual Salary: half a million dollars or above
Having the best positions within employment
Able to save up their 401K or retirement
They can afford with higher purchasing power
The judicial system works in their favor
No racial prejudice due to them being pale
Will be prioritized when hospitalized or ill
Cops treating them like bros instead of criminals

The truth (for everyone else or minorities in the USA):

Living via paycheck to paycheck (mid-income)
Only being able to afford a small space or "flat"
Stress about being homeless (it's criminalized)
The cost of living is a joke for an average person
Jobs: start from the bottom tier or not hired
Rent is a blatant rip off (no matter the location)
Groceries are overpriced for the average person
Racial prejudice occurs towards Latino / Black
Cops racially profile those who are not pale

Is it really "dead" for anyone who isn't a straight white male as it seems that mainly certain demographics are affected more than Caucasians (even though there are both white men and women still living paycheck to paycheck but with "handouts" or "subsidies" while those who aren't get nothing).

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rabapraba p 12 hours ago

Expectation: Imperial Cruiser
Reality: Nebulon Frigate

Voroff 11 hours ago

Dont kow about the satire part in your text, but here some more

- going abroad defending the flag and the values of Democracy, with a nice cash entry prize that gonna cover the cost of your gradution in a white collar job.

-> Find out you're only defending the intrests of the rich, get back with enought PTSD (about being shelled or surronded by hostile fighters disguised as civilians who themselves are not friendly) to become a non-functionnal human-shaped wreck - end homeless and on drugs to cope.

Xero_Daxter 11 hours ago

Gotta love late stage capitalism.

Ricky 11 hours ago

Where is the Satire?

TGC> The Games Collector 11 hours ago

Expectation: Land of the free.
Reality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf592f9jPaM

Ricky 11 hours ago

Expectations : White Males think they deserve all the jobs and respect of everyone while they dont have to give any, they believe themselves to be superior over everyone else.

And any one that goes against this is Oppressing them.

Reality: They are no longer the teachers pet and now that they cant get hired just for being white, they realize actually have to develop some talent/skill in order to compete with everyone else that has skill but wasnt getting hired before because they werent white, which is actual oppression.

Cyber Dragon 11 hours ago

It's called The American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it

Cyber Dragon 10 hours ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt7vLO0u6oo&t=1s

Despiser 10 hours ago

America was made by the rich, for the rich. That American dream, while technically still true, morphed into what it is today: the masses manipulated by the rich and powerful, as they slowly strip away social programs and liberties while recruiting supporters amongst the crowd to accelerate the agenda.

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