The American Dream is what ever you want it to be. It doesn't have to be materialistic in nature or all about consumerism. It can be what ever you want it to be want. For example the American dream might be to have their own home and a car, or to someone else the American Dream might be starting their own business. The American Dream could also be about just being happy in life and what you accomplished in life as a whole.
Steve: The American Dream to me is to able to own my own house and own a car.
Paul: I achieved the American dream by opening my own business in my hometown in which I sells lawn mowers.
Sarah: Looking back at my life as a whole I had a great family, I had an amazing job and loved what I did and was happy overall with what I did in life, so I have achieved the American Dream.
by OtakuAnthony January 3, 2011
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a) The greatest luxury RV of all time. Real marble counters and a vibrating bed for the best sex EVER!!!!!!!!!!

b) When a man can be a man, a women can be a women, and a man can be a women with a fake vagina.

c) Fast food, lots of sex, tattoos, buying food stamps off homeless people for 50 bucks, and SNAKES ON A PLANE.

d) Being able to pay a hooker in McBucks.

e) When it is okay to masturbate to "A Christmas Story".

f) All of the above, plus Santa Claus.

Man 1: I'm living the American dream.
Man 2: If you have a fake vagina please don't tell me!!!
Man2 shoots Man1, takes his money, fucks his wife, and buys a pizza.
by Chewbacca Committee August 21, 2006
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An ideology that only applies to rich, white males
Only rich, white males are capable of achieving the American Dream. Everyone else is out of the picture
by Dubiks February 26, 2019
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A dream which can be fulfilled by the average working class citizen of the United States by following a set of standards which are 1) owning your own home which can sufficiently provide for every occupant (debt-free), 2) owning a high class vehicle or a sufficient working vehicle (debt-free), 3) own upper class clothing, e.g. American Eagle shirts, or Coach purses, 4) living in a peaceful area, e.g. suburbs, or in an upper class district, 5) owning a business (sufficient pay and debt free) or working for a business with a high salary, 6) being in a position where you owe little or no debt or have debt that does not exceed 2.5% of your net worth (applies to those making $10 million USD or more), 7) to belong in the upper class society and frequent parties often or host many of your own, 8) to have a sufficient cash reserve for family members nearing retirement, e.g. a retirement savings fund exceeding the cost of life after retirement, 50 percent above the GDP per capita (preferably), 9) you have to actually do something to make it happen & 10) you have to do hard work diligently & do respectable work for your success to truly be celebrated.
"I am living the American Dream by having a house of my own in the suburbs, I have a Mercedes-Benz R Class, I have 3 million dollars in my retirement fund, owe no money to anyone, wear American Eagle clothing, work as a telecommunications manager, I frequent parties everyday, and run a family operation of exporting wheat to other countries."
by The S1F2N3 Network August 27, 2012
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A dream that, unfortunately, many people have not yet woken up from.
person: Yo, what the hell happened?
Me: You were dreaming about the American Dream again. God people do dumb shit when they sleep walk
by Dubiks April 4, 2019
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The idea that in America everyone has the oppurtunity to be succesful, so if you aren't then you are lazy and probably a Mexican.
Juan has spent fifteen years working fourteen hours a day in a sweatshop. The American Dream is shit.
by Jussayin June 23, 2010
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