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What is The American Dream?

We all want to live it, but what is it's true meaning? (Not the definiton from the dictionary, the TRUE American dream.) What do you think it is?

The person who says it the most colorfully will get the best answer!

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    LIFE, LIBERTY and the PURSUIT of HAPPINESS...

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    The ability to work, take care of your family, own your own home, and have a few bucks left over to have a good time once in awhile.

    It's not just the American Dream, it's the dream for everyone all over the world.

  • 1 decade ago

    Sovereign on your own private land.

    Rights when you go to town.

    Ben Cartwright was the last free man in America.

    (yes I know he was just a TV character)

  • 1 decade ago

    To be able to live a life of self-relianance and freedom

    ... Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness....

    However the AMERICAN dream turned into a nightmare in the nineteenth century, when GREED INC.

    changed the rules for CORPORATIONS. now CORPORATIONS are both citizens and immortal.

    Bummer!

    A! arrest the emperor for INDECENT EXPOSURE!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
  • 1 decade ago

    A new administration and Congress.

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