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CocaKoala on April 23, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Your Friendly Neighborhood Drug Dealer

...no? To my understanding the American Dream is based on the idea that anybody from any background can come to America, build something, and become successful; the freedom and opportunity to start small and build up. It's not about pulling money from nowhere, it's about turning sweat into capital.

moheeb on April 23, 2014 [–]

Actually the American Dream includes folks that don't need to "come to America"...i.e. Americans.

CocaKoala on April 24, 2014 | [–]

They can come from anywhere in the world, including their mother's uterus.

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