How Does The American Dream Affect Society

The United States is proclaimed to be the country where one can fulfill their dreams, society from different nations tend to seek entry into the U.S. either legally or illegally to obtain the so called “American Dream”. Nancy Pelosi once said, “The American Dream is about freedom.”. The “American Dream” is standardized to be measured by how much wealth or success one achieves in their lifetime, but every human being has their own level of satisfaction, where they can feel like they have obtained the “American Dream”. The American Dream still endures because society still perceives capitalism, hard work bringing success, but racism is still a factor.
The American Dream contains one component that seems to be fairly consistent, it is the constant quest for money. Society contains very few who will admit that Americans are driven by

gaining more money. In a society that is dedicated to capitalism and the mindset of, "the one who contains the most toys wins", like the privilege to purchase a nice house and an expensive car, it separates those who are considered to be successful from those who are less fortunate. In capitalism, the motive for producing goods and services is to sell them for a profit, not to satisfy people's needs.Many Americans are setting their hopes on what they perceive as quick and fast money. Every aspect of one's life is subordinated to the worst excesses of the drive to make profit. Capitalism is an economic system and an ideas based on private interests of the means of production and the constant strive for profit for the opportunity of success on a person.
Certain people believe instant wealth has not always been a major goal of the Dream.

Americans have originally focused their dedication on strategy and hard work. For some part of society the goal is not to achieve a large amount of wealth, rather to obtain economic stability and the opportunity to advance farther through financial gain. The constant representations that businessman tend to express to American society is; anyone could be successful and obtain wealth if they worked hard. The people’s work values changed when the assembly line production and machine driven jobs were involved due to the industrial America, which consumed up the jobs that skilled workers contained. The shift in work ethic actually increased rather than decreased the people's desire to obtain the American Dream. Although, the real difference is that the Dream has become more of a necessity rather than something to work up too. Certain Americans no longer pursue a vision for their future that includes time, sweat, and ultimate success, rather, they chase the shortcut to wealth and contribute doing either illegal things or some sort of way to gain

money.
There is constant battles, protests, and riots in an attempt to end racism and create equal opportunity for all different types of ethnic communities. Although there has been an end to slavery, and the ability for a fellow american citizen to say that they have gained the rights by the Declaration of Independence,but their natural born rights are being ignored by the every day through the use of racism that certain people portray. In order to fulfill the dream of equality, racism and segregation has to come to an ending point and society must look at one another as family, for the bible states we are all brothers and sisters. A certain amount of people say that the American Dream is based on a person’s point of view, and how one decides to follow their own personal goals in life. One major question is, how can the Dream be achieved if not every human race has the same opportunities or capability as the person standing next to them?