When I went to check the news this morning on The Huffington Post I found this article by Jeremy Rifkin titled “‘Empathic Civilization’: Is It Time To Replace The American Dream?”. It is a very interesting article directly relating to some of the themes I would like to feature in “One American Dream?”.
“Although American history is peppered with lamentations about the souring of the dream, the criticism never extends to the assumptions that underlie the dream, but only to political, economic and social forces that thwart its realization. To suggest that the dream itself is misguided, outdated, and even damaging to the American psyche, would be considered almost treasonous. Yet, I would like to suggest just that.”
While doing my research for the documentary, I’m trying to keep as open minded as possible and listen to every different opinion of the American Dream that I can. This article, I think, is an excellent take on what the American Dream means and is doing to our nation. The idea of that the past American Dream has changed and no longer feasible in today’s society is a general idea that i have encountered while talking to members of our generation (Generation Y specifically, but it is also in the minds of Gen Xers).
