Ideally the American Dream was the white picket fenced house, with 2.5 children and the dad at work and t he mom home with the kids, cleaver-style. However, the more modern version of the American dream would put all the "June Cleaver" like people in their grave with shock. I agree with George Carlin in the statement of "to believe in the American Dream, you would have to be asleep." It's no wonder that with the economy the way it is today and the attitudes of people not being any better, the American Dream seems more like a t hing of the past. If asked do corporations use this concept to force us into submission in some way? My answer would be subconsiously yes. People would like to believe the world spins around on lollipops and gumdrops, but reality is the almighty dollar is what everyone seems to be chasing out of necessity. Acknowledging this fact, I do believe corporations take advantage at any cost to increase their share of money. I do not thing this so called dream would bind us together, if anything I think it has pulled us apart and kept us fighting like a dog-eat-dog environment.
