• dhork@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    Many of his supporters don’t consider themselves poor or middle-class, they consider themselves pre-millionaires.

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      16 hours ago

      When I was a kid, I was told that “The American Dream” was a house and two cars. At some point along the way, that morphed into “anyone can be a millionaire.”

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        14 hours ago

        Have it. Don’t want it. New American dream is to be able to fuck off in the woods for weeks at a time, and still have medical care.

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        That’s because in many places you need to be a millionaire to get that two story ranch style house and 2 cars made in the last 5 years.