Has the American Dream Become a Nightmare?
The American Dream can be summed up currently by the jobs report in November of 2021. According to the New York Times, 4.5 million Americans willfully quit their jobs. What could possibly compel such record numbers of people walking out of their place of employment and into an immediate state of uncertainty? Is it reasonable to believe the human race has become so incredibly lazy and indifferent that gainful employment is no longer of much importance? Well, I'd like to think that's simply absurd, but when you delve deeper into the current state of the National economy, as well as, the general distrust, many citizens are showing towards the US government, perhaps that indifference is more palpable than originally thought. The Pew Research Center has done studies on the populations trust of the US government since 1958. As of May 2021, numbers reached historic lows, only one quarter of Americans can say they trust the US government to do what's right, 2% (all of the time