I’ve noticed a recurring theme in conversations and media where there’s an assumption that everyone around the world aspires to be American or embraces American culture wholeheartedly. While I appreciate the contributions of the U.S. in various fields, this presumption comes off as a bit arrogant.

  • NotLemming@lemm.ee
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    1 day ago

    I think that if they made a modern equivalent he’d be living on a super yacht

    • Brave Little Hitachi Wand@lemmy.world
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      I thought he was supposed to be middle class at the time. Nowadays he’d be an only child living that #vanlife and his parents would only be able to afford a staycation.

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        Well that’s the propaganda - that anyone could live that lifestyle if they worked hard or maybe were smart. That’s what people believed. I can remember my grandma ordered a Disney world tape on VHS and played it for us, asking if we wanted to go to Disney land one day, as though she were asking if we wanted to go to the moon. The American dream was sold to us all, not just Americans. Trump killed it and I’m not sure that that’s a bad thing.