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>>Unless you're really lucky, the American dream died a long time ago...
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>Candidly, I think Americans are in the best position to assess that. That's my way of saying that I wouldn't place much weight in an American evaluating the status of the (for instance) Netherlands dream.
Up here we have not pretended to be an Dutch dream. Though there are some who claim there is an European dream. In some ways the construction of the EU can be seen as he European dream
There are many, many, many American sources writing about the American dream. Just google upon the words "American dream illusion" and you get plenty of American sourced reading. One that sums it up pretty well I think,
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jerome-karabel/grand-illusion-mobility-inequality-and-the-american-dream_b_1933238.htmlIf you really want to know more about the subject, you might want to read Jeremy Rifkins work on the topic. A good start would be
http://www.foet.org/books/european-dream.html.
I understand you do not like to get the message from an outsider, but he, do not shoot the messenger.
Walter,
