How the American Dream has survived 250 years, but only just

The situation

The American Dream has persisted since the days of the Founding Fathers, but faith in the ideal is fading

Why american matters

This development in american, dream, survived, 250, years matters because it alters the baseline assumptions that BBC and others have been working from.

What led here

BBC notes that this did not emerge in isolation; pressures have been building around american.

Where this fits in Signal Ledger

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The editorial angle

Signal Ledger reads this through the lens of american, dream, survived, 250, years: The American Dream has persisted since the days of the Founding Fathers, but faith in the ideal is fading.