American Dream (other)
The American Dream is the national ethos of the United States, a set of ideals including representative democracy, rights, liberty, and Social equality, equality, in which freedom is interpreted as the opportunity for Individualism, individual prosperity and success, as well as upward Socioeconomic mobility in the United States, social mobility for oneself and their children, achieved through work ethic, hard work in a capitalist society with few barriers. The term "American Dream" was coined by James Truslow Adams in 1931, saying that "life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement" regardless of Social class in the United States, social class or Race and ethnicity in the United States, circumstances of birth. Proponents of the American Dream often claim that its tenets originate from the United States Declaration of Independence, which states that "all men are created equal" with the right to "life, lib ...
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