this post was submitted on 18 Jan 2026
903 points (98.4% liked)

Comic Strips

21270 readers
961 users here now

Comic Strips is a community for those who love comic stories.

The rules are simple:

Web of links

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] ours@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The American dream is that someday you'll have other people work their lives away so you can have a comfy life of luxury.

It was always bullshit.

[โ€“] _stranger_@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

You might be the only person in here that gets this. There's a very deep selfishness to the "American dream". Like crabs in a bucket, you gotta grind to get on top of as many people as possible so that there's less shit raining down from above. If you're lucky you'll have enough society below you that the work you do looks luxurious by comparison.