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"I'm a kid from a small town in Georgia who lived the American Dream, and I'm ready to fight to keep that dream alive for you too," Herschel Walker said in a campaign ad in September 2021.
From the 1950s through 1980s, a central part of the American Dream for teenage boys and young men was to work and purchase an automobile such as a [[muscle car]], then date a girl with it, get married, and have a family. The emasculation of culture has undermined that salutary dynamic.
From the 1950s through 1980s, a central part of the American Dream for teenage boys and young men was to work and purchase an automobile such as a [[muscle car]], then date a girl with it, get married, and have a family. The emasculation of culture has undermined that salutary dynamic.
Some [[conservative]] politicians campaign for office on the American Dream. "I'm a kid from a small town in Georgia who lived the American Dream, and I'm ready to fight to keep that dream alive for you too," [[Herschel Walker]] said in a campaign ad in September 2021.
==Origins of the phrase==
==Origins of the phrase==
James Truslow Adams (1878-1949), a conservative historian, was the first to name "the American Dream" and interpret it as the full realization of human potential:
James Truslow Adams (1878-1949), a conservative historian, was the first to name "the American Dream" and interpret it as the full realization of human potential: