October 2008
The financial crisis is hitting middle-class America, as families are forced onto the streets. Some say its the end of the American dream but for others this is a chance to redefine w...
October 2008
The financial crisis is hitting middle-class America, as families are forced onto the streets. Some say its the end of the American dream but for others this is a chance to redefine whats important. In California, the credit crunch has had a devastating effect on families that bought expensive houses with no down payment and high interest rates. The houses wont sell and their owners are left with nothing. A growing number of people find refuge in car parks, sleeping in their vehicles until they find another job. This is the flipside of American life. No-one is looking out for you. Craig used to run a successful business but now lives in a borrowed van with his wife and two kids. Despite the setback, he isnt bitter. Life in a car park has made him redefine the American dream for himself. Now he measures abundance in personal happiness rather than material possessions: I'm less encumbered. and I become more pleased with each new step. Barbara is another casualty of the credit crunch. She lost her job as a notary and had nowhere to go. After a few months sleeping in her car, shes found housing again but the experience was an eye-opener: People who are broken by being homeless are dependent on all of their belongings and possessions as their identity. And that isn't who they are. It seems many more will have to find out for themselves.
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Marx and Engels were sent straight by Satan himself to establish worldwide corruption, tyranny, and yes, homelessness, and to put all of Earth under a global dictatorship.
The American Dream is really an American Nightmare. America is engulfed in a global communist dictatorship, straight from the evil Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. And all but the richest people are getting evicted left and right, exactly what the evil scary demons Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels wanted.
It's not all the governments fault. It's also the American people themselves who help contribute to the problem (not all). People who see America as perfect and the greatest in the world are just as much a threat to America than terrorists or the government itself.
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