content: One of the things I found remarkable was the morphing of 'The American Dream' into the 'Bootstrap Millionaire' meme.  Maybe I am cherry-picking my sources here, I understood 'The American Dream' to mean living of comfortable life, owning a home, and being able to retire with decent benefit based on a 40 hour work week, maybe with a single earner in the family.  Now when I see 'American Dream' references, it is all out getting rich, bi**h.