Not sure why parent is downvoted; it's true. A century ago, the US really was the land of opportunity to many. Especially to people from rigid, class-based countries. And now the US has basically become similarly rigid, with what's looking like an unofficial aristocracy.
that's 100 years old history, and true. now let's talk about these times...
Re:U.S.A., Land of Limitations?
by AnimalMuppet on Monday August 10, 2015 @03:54PM
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Well, let's stop at 70-year-old history on the way. At the end of WWII, the US had not been bombed nearly into oblivion, had not had large fractions of its population killed off, and had not been occupied (or ruled) by psychopaths trying to kill off everyone who wasn't like them. In the US, you could spend your time trying to build the future instead of trying to rebuild from the damage of the past. You also could live your life with less fear of a return of the days of killing. So, yeah, that looked a lot like opportunity in those days.
Today? That's less clear cut, I agree.
America, with democracy and no nobility laws was rightfully called land of opportunity compared to that.