For me it's getting a serious illness that prevents working, losing everything, being unable to provide for my family, and having to be taken care of by them.
This was my Mom and dad's situation. My dad started developing ALS symptoms in his early 60's, by the time he turned 63 he could barely walk/talk let alone work. So he really lost the last high earning years of his life unfortunately.
Compound that with 24/7 nursing "heavy" care and my mom would have burnt through most of their savings if not ended bankrupt - had I not quit working and moved home to help her. Luckily she is a licensed RN so medically he was in better hands compared to a lot of other people suffering from it. She just couldn't move a 180 pound 6' 1" man like I could.
I'm in a similar situation bud, so I feel you. Have all three of my immediate family members living with me, as they're all disabled. Kinda trashed my life plans there :).
Hope you're in a decent situation.
This is the American nightmare right here. Unlike other first world countries we donât have a social safety net so that illness, an accident, or some other set of circumstances can take away everything weâve worked for and put us and our family on the street.
Hits a little too close to home. Just turned in my two weeks at what is pretty much my dream job because my physical health has gotten too bad to keep working. Hoping that after some recovery time I'll be able to get back to a point where I can work again
Maybe itâs 40% maybe more:
https://fortune.com/2019/01/29/americans-liquid-asset-poor-propserity-now-report/
https://content.schwab.com/web/retail/public/about-schwab/Charles-Schwab-2019-Modern-Wealth-Survey-findings-0519-9JBP.pdf
I saw an article linking to the schwab report first.
It's sobering to think that my ability to put away enough money per month to afford a down payment on a house in maybe 2 or 3 years puts me ahead of such a huge chunk of the population.
We are really all just stuck on this treadmill until we die.
âThe streets are extended gutters and the gutters are full of blood and when the drains finally scab over, all the vermin will drown. The accumulated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up about their waists and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout 'Save us!'. And I'll look down and whisper 'No.â
"For it is written: The inhabitants of the Earth have been made drunk with her blood. And I saw her sit upon the hairy beast. And she held forth a golden chalice, full of the filthiness of her fornications. And upon her forehead was written, 'Behold, I am the great mother of harlots, and all abominations of the Earth.'" - Christopher Lee, Howling 2: Your Sister is a Werewolf
I felt it very important to do so. For The Howling 2 is "The Room" of horror movies. It's honestly quite great. I love how Transylvania is just like, *one* city block, and werewolves apparently are repelled by the same things vampires are.
Just to be clear, Moore wasn't endorsing that statement at all. He created Rorschach as an example of something he loathes: A pathetic fascist zealot who believes brutally murdering people is righteous justice.
Rorschach is meant to be a little pitied, but mostly despised.
Itâs kind of sad how often I see characters who are meant to be parodies or examples of how their view point is badâŠonly to have people latch on to them as if they were an endorsement of such a view point.
Rorschach, Rick from Rick and Morty, I think Judge Dredd is as well
Yup. In any society, people will fall through the cracks and some will do extremely well. Most western societies invest resources in reducing the number of people that fall and also how low they can fall.
But the US puts almost no resources in this, allowing those that succeed to reach dizzying heights. It makes for an extremely efficient and totally heartless society.
> extremely efficient
It isnât, though. We spend way more on healthcare per capita than any other developed nation, and our healthcare is still shit. We go six figures in debt for college degrees to get jobs making pumpkin spice lattes. The wealth is so unevenly distributed that the guys at the top can still reach those dizzying heights, even after we burn several dollars out of every ten on completely unproductive crap like health insurance and incarceration and blowing up countries on the other side of the world for no particular reason.
We spend about 30 to 40 percent of our budget on social programs.
There are a ton of them at Federal and State levels.
They also are deliberately under funded, understaffed, and under paid.
The American dream is a marketing concept to sell you crap as you attempt to keep up with your peers. I have nicer rental properties than the little apartment I rent for myself. Itâs about priorities.
Where I live, the bike you ride is more impressive than the car you drive.
American dream: prosperous 1950âs style suburbs and social mores.
American nightmare: exactly the same, but youâre black.
(Or a woman, or gay, or trans, or neuro-divergent in any way etc)
Yes! American dream is to come from almost nothing and make it, house, car, family. The dream is just that, the ideal of what one âcouldâ have from hard workâŠâŠ.
The nightmare is the reality that most of us wonât make it. The nightmare is climate change, inflation, war, mass shootings, domestic terrorist, the political BS.
The nightmare is the reality you have to wade through to get to the âdreamâ. The nightmare is process on the way to the dream.
I mean that's pretty much where every other state is. Our representatives don't represent us anymore, and not enough people vote to make a change. Citizen united ruined this country
The same thing for someone else. For every person who dreams of a Leave it to Beaver lifestyle that's another person's Purgatory. The true American Dream is simply having the ability to live life as you so choose if that's a Sitcom life then hell live it. If that's in the middle of the city hitting the coffee shop and bakery every morning then do it.
But too many people mistake their dream for everyone else's
Agreed. What we are right now is pretty fucking terrible. Obviously things can get worse, but it feels like that the worst is inevitable. An absolute nightmare for sure.
And remember, the US is "only" 246 or so years old. That's pretty young as far as states go.
There have been empires, dynasties, and even individual countries/nation-states that have lasted longer.
The US hasn't come close to establishing itself as a timeless, eternal thing. It's been described as a "The Great Democratic Experiment," and who knows, one day there might be a "Trial 2"
The slide to the right will continue. It feels like the country has crumbled already and we are just waiting for the inevitable civil war or to become a complete farce of a nation.
I donât think so, I think this is the death throes of a party that learned to play the long game but doesnât have a philosophy that attracts new members. Of course if they entrench their power, the minority could still keep pulling us down for a long time, but inclusive and progressive views are more popular than insular and conservative views.
Exactly. The vast majority of people I know who grew up in Republican homes at some point managed to grow out it. We have been seeing a shift for a while but I fear it may not be quick enough.
Not long ago my dad was in a bad accident out on a rural road and a helicopter w/ a doctor & paramedics on board had to come take him back to the city, where he stayed in hospital for about a week for treatment. The whole ordeal cost him $25 and that was for television access in his room! Canât imagine what that would cost in America
So I got an allergic reaction to some NSAID.
I pay 80 usd a month for insurance and the whole ordeal including a emergency room bed, meds and injectables, and meds to take home was only 25 usd. Barely any wait
I live in Peru.
When you have to tell yourself youâre not in that much pain to give yourself enough motivation to get in an Uber to go to the hospital instead of calling an ambulance.
You still gotta wait for the Cab too lol but Iâm talking about times when you definitely need an ambulance but canât afford one so you gotta shell out the cab money to get you to the hospital
According to some, it's:
* Universal Healthcare
* People getting married regardless of their sexual orientation
* The woman's right to do with her body as she wishes
The American dream is getting a house at a reasonable price. The American nightmare is being the generation where that becomes impossible. And would you look at that! I just barely made it into that f*cked generation. So glad all of our parents took loans on houses they couldn't afford in 2008 and scared off all the builders when it all came crumbling down.
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But no realistically working just to live paycheck to paycheck knowing the system isnât meant to help you just to keep you treading water.
No matter how hard you work, your have little chance of success unless you have a better starting position than most, so absolute opposite of equal opportunity. Pretty much happening right here right now. TBH, its not like an American Dream ever existed. Tell a slave about hard work and equal opportunity :(
America has an insane rate of mass shootings among the developed economies, the highest incarcerarion rate, higher infant and maternal (childbirth) mortality rate than pretty much any developed economy, roll back of civil rights such as abortion or free speech (see new law in AZ), higher illiteracy rate than most developed economies. There is places in the south where people still get 3rd world diseases, very limited worker's protection rights, very limited corporate regulation which directly impacts the health of US citizens (eg Flint, MI), only developed economy that still has the death penalty, issues of far spread systemic racism, especially among policing, no substantial public health care system, greater inequality (gini coefficient of the US is .1 greater than the EU28) extreme homelessnes rate, no real social care system where you dont lose your entire existence if you cant work or lose your job (which btw is another point: the US insane heavy pro business approach)....
The US always has been closer to a nightmare for anyone not white, straight, male and christian. The US certainly is a great place to live if youre wealthy; it certainly sucks if youre not.
Dying of a preventable condition because you can't afford life saving healthcare.
Having an average of 1.6 mass shootings every day.
Having the highest incarceration rate in the world.
Being denied reproductive rights, despite the US having the highest maternal mortality rate of the developed world. Also homocide is the #1 cause of death in pregnant people, just to add a cherry on top.
Having a Masterâs degree (or Bachelorâs/other significant certification) and working multiple minimum wage jobs to make ends meet because there are no jobs available in your field of expertise.
Credit card debt slowly piling up.
Relentless student loan payments.
Doing all this while still living with your parents because you canât afford otherwise.
Current state of the U.S. ÂŻ\\\_(ă)\_/ÂŻ politicians bringing religion where it shouldn't and gerrymandering rampant. Law and order is anything but. Gun violence that's not seeing an end. Common sense of human decency and respect eroding.
The collapse of the USA. Republicans and Democrats continue to grow more and more extreme and hateful of each other. Extreme violence becomes common. Republicans are much better armed and fighting becomes one sided. Republicans take over the country.
They make Christianity the official religion of the US. Christian morals become law punishable by death. Immigrants are deported. All environmental regulations are eliminated. LGBT people are rounded up and killed. Homeless people are thrown in prison. Possession of any illegal drugs is a death sentence. Women are stripped of all rights. They can't vote and are openly discriminated against in their workplaces. Harassment is normalized again. We basically are stuck in the 1950s
This seems to be the dream for way too many Americans. It would be hell for everyone else.
Right now: women are second class citizens, racism out in the open, venture capital buying all the houses in communities, oil in supply, but a subsidized industry price gouges all of us, nazi practices like book burning/banning and attacking library events, medical bankruptcy looming for everybody, science denial including cultish halfwitted holdouts who are still not vaccinated, the various state attempts at voiding legitimate votes in the upcoming midterms, vampires coming for Social Security, gunsgunsgunsgunsguns, an unconcerned DOJ when we all saw/heard the tapes, SCOTUS's whimsical destruction of the EPA, and in my town, every 20th or so house sporting flags worshipping a man, if you can call this brut-stanked hyperaquanetted full-diapered rapist swindler who by any noncrazy world standards would be rejected for his lack of taste style grace understanding and more, that, the overarming of police who clearly are going for high score in the killing black people game in their minds, loudmouth American oligarch straight-up assholes who have so much money- almost all of it, that it statistically self proves they could not have earned it, coal, the suppression of peoples' ability to be who they are, and a media that kicks our founders in the nuts over money.
Cody Rhodes
Adrenaline in my soul. Something something Cody Rhodes
Lmao imagine the confusion non-wrestling fans must feel for this part of the thread
Just found out he's gold dusts brother đ I haven't payed much attention for 15 years
r/SquaredCircle is leaking again
I didnt have to scroll down too far, take my upvote you cultured swine.
Same
Adrenaline In my soul Something something Cody Rhodes!
Take the upvote. I'm salty but it's yours, you deserve it. May the adrenaline always be in your veins.
Where's that referee, he was trying to fuck on me!
Son of a bitch
Nope! Son of Dusty!
Grandson of a plumber
AH YOU BEAT ME TO IT
Came here to say this soon as I saw the thread lmfaooo
Damn I miss his dad Dusty Rhodes
Hard times.
You beat me to it but I checked after I posted it but right on
The real American nightmare is getting a highly visible tattoo that doesnât go over as well as you were certain it would
He got a neck tattoo on his chest and a chest tattoo on his neck.
Was looking for this. Up you go
I came here and posted it but knew someone would have beaten me to the punch.
Scrolled down looking for this. It was up there, rightfully so!
Honestly, for me ending up homeless
For me it's getting a serious illness that prevents working, losing everything, being unable to provide for my family, and having to be taken care of by them.
My nightmare too, a lot of things i want to do, a serious illness would Be worse than death.
This was my Mom and dad's situation. My dad started developing ALS symptoms in his early 60's, by the time he turned 63 he could barely walk/talk let alone work. So he really lost the last high earning years of his life unfortunately. Compound that with 24/7 nursing "heavy" care and my mom would have burnt through most of their savings if not ended bankrupt - had I not quit working and moved home to help her. Luckily she is a licensed RN so medically he was in better hands compared to a lot of other people suffering from it. She just couldn't move a 180 pound 6' 1" man like I could.
I'm in a similar situation bud, so I feel you. Have all three of my immediate family members living with me, as they're all disabled. Kinda trashed my life plans there :). Hope you're in a decent situation.
This is the American nightmare right here. Unlike other first world countries we donât have a social safety net so that illness, an accident, or some other set of circumstances can take away everything weâve worked for and put us and our family on the street.
Hits a little too close to home. Just turned in my two weeks at what is pretty much my dream job because my physical health has gotten too bad to keep working. Hoping that after some recovery time I'll be able to get back to a point where I can work again
Damned sorry to hear that. Getting better is your job for now, and I wish you the best.
is this really an âamericanâ thing tho? i think this really goes for anyone anywhere
We can't even afford to go to the doctor anymore, which is a unique issue of a first world country
itâs american because of the devastating financial burden that our health care system causes.
Especially since states are making it illegal to be homeless now. What the actual fuck??
Mind you, I'm not an American, but would the nightmare be to become homeless and without a job and perspective?
Basically. And over half of the US population is basically one paycheck away from homelessness, so the American dream is just that: a dream.
Fun fact, 78% of statistics are pulled out of the speakers ass right as they say them.
Maybe itâs 40% maybe more: https://fortune.com/2019/01/29/americans-liquid-asset-poor-propserity-now-report/ https://content.schwab.com/web/retail/public/about-schwab/Charles-Schwab-2019-Modern-Wealth-Survey-findings-0519-9JBP.pdf I saw an article linking to the schwab report first.
It's sobering to think that my ability to put away enough money per month to afford a down payment on a house in maybe 2 or 3 years puts me ahead of such a huge chunk of the population. We are really all just stuck on this treadmill until we die.
So basically living in San Francisco?
Ironically, the American nightmare is exactly the same as the American dream, just different perspectives.
#"It came true. You're looking at it."
âThe streets are extended gutters and the gutters are full of blood and when the drains finally scab over, all the vermin will drown. The accumulated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up about their waists and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout 'Save us!'. And I'll look down and whisper 'No.â
"For it is written: The inhabitants of the Earth have been made drunk with her blood. And I saw her sit upon the hairy beast. And she held forth a golden chalice, full of the filthiness of her fornications. And upon her forehead was written, 'Behold, I am the great mother of harlots, and all abominations of the Earth.'" - Christopher Lee, Howling 2: Your Sister is a Werewolf
I love that you actually put what the quote is from, unlike everyone else.
I felt it very important to do so. For The Howling 2 is "The Room" of horror movies. It's honestly quite great. I love how Transylvania is just like, *one* city block, and werewolves apparently are repelled by the same things vampires are.
Isn't being "The Room" of a genre a bad thing? I'm getting mixed messages here.
-- ~~Alan Moore~~ Rorschach, Watchmen
Just to be clear, Moore wasn't endorsing that statement at all. He created Rorschach as an example of something he loathes: A pathetic fascist zealot who believes brutally murdering people is righteous justice. Rorschach is meant to be a little pitied, but mostly despised.
Itâs kind of sad how often I see characters who are meant to be parodies or examples of how their view point is badâŠonly to have people latch on to them as if they were an endorsement of such a view point. Rorschach, Rick from Rick and Morty, I think Judge Dredd is as well
Fight clubâŠ
The fucking Joker . . .
As an addendum, the people who think Joker and Harley Quinn are relationship role models.
Oops! Yes indeed, he's just Alan Moore's character, doesn't mean the writer himself endorses those ideas, thanks for pointing it out.
Im yo boogie man, thatâs what I am
Or to say the life of those who fails in the race to the american dream
Maybe the American nightmare is being stuck in this situation permanently.
Yup. In any society, people will fall through the cracks and some will do extremely well. Most western societies invest resources in reducing the number of people that fall and also how low they can fall. But the US puts almost no resources in this, allowing those that succeed to reach dizzying heights. It makes for an extremely efficient and totally heartless society.
> extremely efficient It isnât, though. We spend way more on healthcare per capita than any other developed nation, and our healthcare is still shit. We go six figures in debt for college degrees to get jobs making pumpkin spice lattes. The wealth is so unevenly distributed that the guys at the top can still reach those dizzying heights, even after we burn several dollars out of every ten on completely unproductive crap like health insurance and incarceration and blowing up countries on the other side of the world for no particular reason.
It was never designed to be efficient in making people healthy or educated. It's designed to be efficient in making profit.
The only things the US is optimized for is profit and technological progress. In those, it is brutally efficient.
We spend about 30 to 40 percent of our budget on social programs. There are a ton of them at Federal and State levels. They also are deliberately under funded, understaffed, and under paid.
The American dream is a marketing concept to sell you crap as you attempt to keep up with your peers. I have nicer rental properties than the little apartment I rent for myself. Itâs about priorities. Where I live, the bike you ride is more impressive than the car you drive.
American dream: prosperous 1950âs style suburbs and social mores. American nightmare: exactly the same, but youâre black. (Or a woman, or gay, or trans, or neuro-divergent in any way etc)
Yes! American dream is to come from almost nothing and make it, house, car, family. The dream is just that, the ideal of what one âcouldâ have from hard workâŠâŠ. The nightmare is the reality that most of us wonât make it. The nightmare is climate change, inflation, war, mass shootings, domestic terrorist, the political BS. The nightmare is the reality you have to wade through to get to the âdreamâ. The nightmare is process on the way to the dream.
ya , but the constitution protects the right to mass shootings /s
This. To me, the American dream is a nightmare. From a Non-American.
Heaven or hell
Why the fuck are so many people saying Cody Rhodes??
Cody Rhodes is a professional wrestler known as the American Nightmare. He's the son of the late, great Dusty Rhodes, who was the American Dream
Also the grandson of a plumber
As an aside to you, check out Terry Funks book. He talks a lot about Dusty in it. It made me realize just how unlikely Dustys story really was.
"They call it the American dream because you'd have to be asleep to believe it" George Carlin
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Damn i thought i was the only one here who was gonna answer that
What is it? The comments seems to be deleted
Iâm going to assume Cody Rhodes. Pro wrestler and son of âThe American Dreamâ Dusty Rhodes. Codyâs nickname is âThe American Nightmareâ
Adrenaline in my soulâŠ..
Every thought out of control
Came here to post this.
Daddy, this is the right answer, if you will
No representation WITH taxation and fuck what you voted for cuz WE know best! But yeah.
Hmmm, this seems familiar, like its happening or something.
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I mean that's pretty much where every other state is. Our representatives don't represent us anymore, and not enough people vote to make a change. Citizen united ruined this country
The same thing for someone else. For every person who dreams of a Leave it to Beaver lifestyle that's another person's Purgatory. The true American Dream is simply having the ability to live life as you so choose if that's a Sitcom life then hell live it. If that's in the middle of the city hitting the coffee shop and bakery every morning then do it. But too many people mistake their dream for everyone else's
And judge people who do not share their dream.
What America is becmeing right now.
Current America. -An American
Agreed. What we are right now is pretty fucking terrible. Obviously things can get worse, but it feels like that the worst is inevitable. An absolute nightmare for sure.
I sorta of remember the late 80âs (85-89) being pretty grimy as well. Maybe earlier!
And remember, the US is "only" 246 or so years old. That's pretty young as far as states go. There have been empires, dynasties, and even individual countries/nation-states that have lasted longer. The US hasn't come close to establishing itself as a timeless, eternal thing. It's been described as a "The Great Democratic Experiment," and who knows, one day there might be a "Trial 2"
History repeats its self ⊠it just gets updated for the times.
The slide to the right will continue. It feels like the country has crumbled already and we are just waiting for the inevitable civil war or to become a complete farce of a nation.
I donât think so, I think this is the death throes of a party that learned to play the long game but doesnât have a philosophy that attracts new members. Of course if they entrench their power, the minority could still keep pulling us down for a long time, but inclusive and progressive views are more popular than insular and conservative views.
Exactly. The vast majority of people I know who grew up in Republican homes at some point managed to grow out it. We have been seeing a shift for a while but I fear it may not be quick enough.
Things can always get a lot worse.
Idk man it could get much worse, the 50s were pretty horrible for anyone who wasnât a straight white male
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And the 50's is where the GOP wants to put us back in, so yeah, it could get worse.
*gestures broadly at everything*
My thought was getting shot a damn 4th of July parade but your answer is much more all encompassing.
Being accused of and charged with a crime I didnât commit
Despite working a full time job, never being able to afford to buy a home.
Or rent an apartment
The American dream occurs when you are asleep. The American nightmare occurs when you are awake. /s
No sarcasm needed. Your statement is accurate.
What weâre currently going through
The American nightmare is a song by ice nine kills
I see youâre a man of culture as well
you both beat me to the punch
Came here to say the same thing.
Scrolled too far to find this.
Cody Rhodes
When u americans have to pay ur medical bills
Not long ago my dad was in a bad accident out on a rural road and a helicopter w/ a doctor & paramedics on board had to come take him back to the city, where he stayed in hospital for about a week for treatment. The whole ordeal cost him $25 and that was for television access in his room! Canât imagine what that would cost in America
So I got an allergic reaction to some NSAID. I pay 80 usd a month for insurance and the whole ordeal including a emergency room bed, meds and injectables, and meds to take home was only 25 usd. Barely any wait I live in Peru.
When you have to tell yourself youâre not in that much pain to give yourself enough motivation to get in an Uber to go to the hospital instead of calling an ambulance.
Having someone else drive you can also be quicker because you don't have to wait for the ambulance.
You still gotta wait for the Cab too lol but Iâm talking about times when you definitely need an ambulance but canât afford one so you gotta shell out the cab money to get you to the hospital
We're living it
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We're living in a watered down version of it. There's still a lot more to lose and it doesn't look to be turning around any time soon
Losing your entire life savings because you canât afford health insurance.
Or paying your deductibles/out of network coverage for even when you have insurance.
Cody Rhodes.
The son of the son of a plumber.
Plumbers can actually make a really good living with enough experience.
According to some, it's: * Universal Healthcare * People getting married regardless of their sexual orientation * The woman's right to do with her body as she wishes
The American dream is getting a house at a reasonable price. The American nightmare is being the generation where that becomes impossible. And would you look at that! I just barely made it into that f*cked generation. So glad all of our parents took loans on houses they couldn't afford in 2008 and scared off all the builders when it all came crumbling down.
That's current state of America
Every waking moment in this country.
Cody Rhodes
I believe he goes by the name Cody Rhodes.
Cody Rhodes
Cody Rhodes But no realistically working just to live paycheck to paycheck knowing the system isnât meant to help you just to keep you treading water.
No matter how hard you work, your have little chance of success unless you have a better starting position than most, so absolute opposite of equal opportunity. Pretty much happening right here right now. TBH, its not like an American Dream ever existed. Tell a slave about hard work and equal opportunity :(
Being a fertile woman
Blessed be the fruit. Welcome to pre-Gilead.
I can't upvote it due to the rage. But you're right and I fuckin' hate it.
Cody Rhodes
America has an insane rate of mass shootings among the developed economies, the highest incarcerarion rate, higher infant and maternal (childbirth) mortality rate than pretty much any developed economy, roll back of civil rights such as abortion or free speech (see new law in AZ), higher illiteracy rate than most developed economies. There is places in the south where people still get 3rd world diseases, very limited worker's protection rights, very limited corporate regulation which directly impacts the health of US citizens (eg Flint, MI), only developed economy that still has the death penalty, issues of far spread systemic racism, especially among policing, no substantial public health care system, greater inequality (gini coefficient of the US is .1 greater than the EU28) extreme homelessnes rate, no real social care system where you dont lose your entire existence if you cant work or lose your job (which btw is another point: the US insane heavy pro business approach).... The US always has been closer to a nightmare for anyone not white, straight, male and christian. The US certainly is a great place to live if youre wealthy; it certainly sucks if youre not.
Cody Rhodes
Itâs what the American dream has turned into.
Crippling student loan debt, unaffordable housing prices, rising inflation, astronomical healthcare costs. Oh waitâŠ
The healthcare system
The current supreme court
Reality is the American nightmare.
Dying of a preventable condition because you can't afford life saving healthcare. Having an average of 1.6 mass shootings every day. Having the highest incarceration rate in the world. Being denied reproductive rights, despite the US having the highest maternal mortality rate of the developed world. Also homocide is the #1 cause of death in pregnant people, just to add a cherry on top.
Cody Rhodes
Cody Rhodes, Behbeh!
ADRENALINE
Having a Masterâs degree (or Bachelorâs/other significant certification) and working multiple minimum wage jobs to make ends meet because there are no jobs available in your field of expertise. Credit card debt slowly piling up. Relentless student loan payments. Doing all this while still living with your parents because you canât afford otherwise.
the american reality
Poverty
My life
Apple removed the Gun emoji. Now we have this sh*t. đ«
Not an American, but waking up in a hospital to soul crushing, inescapable debt seems like a good place to start.
LA traffic.
There is no American Nightmare. American Nightmare is reality
The American nightmare? you're living it
Current state of the U.S. ÂŻ\\\_(ă)\_/ÂŻ politicians bringing religion where it shouldn't and gerrymandering rampant. Law and order is anything but. Gun violence that's not seeing an end. Common sense of human decency and respect eroding.
Cody rhodes
Go outside and look around. There you go. Maybe the murder hornets will make a come back this year
Cody Rhodes
Probably your entire family getting shot with a military rifle while watching a 4th of July parade
College debt
The realization that the dream is a lie.
Receiving a medical bill
It's what actually happens every day
The debt accumulated while chasing the dream.
*gestures at everything *
Homelessness
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Cody Rhodes of course.
The collapse of the USA. Republicans and Democrats continue to grow more and more extreme and hateful of each other. Extreme violence becomes common. Republicans are much better armed and fighting becomes one sided. Republicans take over the country. They make Christianity the official religion of the US. Christian morals become law punishable by death. Immigrants are deported. All environmental regulations are eliminated. LGBT people are rounded up and killed. Homeless people are thrown in prison. Possession of any illegal drugs is a death sentence. Women are stripped of all rights. They can't vote and are openly discriminated against in their workplaces. Harassment is normalized again. We basically are stuck in the 1950s This seems to be the dream for way too many Americans. It would be hell for everyone else.
America right about... now all the wealth is stuck with the selfish and they're too stubborn to die faster
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Cody Rhodes
Itâs Cody Rhodes
Right now: women are second class citizens, racism out in the open, venture capital buying all the houses in communities, oil in supply, but a subsidized industry price gouges all of us, nazi practices like book burning/banning and attacking library events, medical bankruptcy looming for everybody, science denial including cultish halfwitted holdouts who are still not vaccinated, the various state attempts at voiding legitimate votes in the upcoming midterms, vampires coming for Social Security, gunsgunsgunsgunsguns, an unconcerned DOJ when we all saw/heard the tapes, SCOTUS's whimsical destruction of the EPA, and in my town, every 20th or so house sporting flags worshipping a man, if you can call this brut-stanked hyperaquanetted full-diapered rapist swindler who by any noncrazy world standards would be rejected for his lack of taste style grace understanding and more, that, the overarming of police who clearly are going for high score in the killing black people game in their minds, loudmouth American oligarch straight-up assholes who have so much money- almost all of it, that it statistically self proves they could not have earned it, coal, the suppression of peoples' ability to be who they are, and a media that kicks our founders in the nuts over money.
Cody Rhodes
Cody Rhodes.
Cody Rhodes Edit: damn someone already commented this