The new American Dream | Courtney Martin
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- Опубліковано 18 вер 2024
- For the first time in history, the majority of American parents don't think their kids will be better off than they were. This shouldn't be a cause for alarm, says journalist Courtney Martin. Rather, it's an opportunity to define a new approach to work and family that emphasizes community and creativity. "The biggest danger is not failing to achieve the American Dream," she says in a talk that will resonate far beyond the US. "The biggest danger is achieving a dream that you don't actually believe in."
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I think she was articulate. She's making a simple point : the american dream is shifting from "get as much money as you can and be the perfect isolated family" to "live as an integrated part of your community and value things like time and relationships". Of course in between those two stereotypes are a lot of variables and options. She doesn't say you can't work and make as much money as you want, she's saying it might not be the most fulfilling thing in life and the work place is changing. Therefore a lot of people are choosing other values than have a secure job forever, get a big house and make a lot of money which IS the american dream of the past generations. Everyone is still free to do whatever they want with their lives.
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This 'New American dream' sounds like an old Soviet nightmare to me.
Only if we'll eventually find a golden ticket.
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I strongly agree with this. I'm a 20 year old living in dorms/suites in campus and I love this life. In my suite I've gained 3 new friends that I consider family. I would love to live in a communal living acre like the one the speaker talked about. I didn't grow up with a big family and the ability to create your own family and community seems amazing
Hello, do you still support Courtney?
How is any of this related to American Dream
Thank you for saving me 15 minutes
It is not about the old American dream. It is about the new American dream they are trying to convince people they want. The New Dream is about the masses packed in urban areas instead of suburban it rural areas. It is about living in inclusive luxury pack and stack apartment communities with micro-apartments or in some type co-housing type communities, think dorm rooms for adults, all promoting a live-work-play environment in walkable areas, near public transportation and rentable micro-mobility options like scooters and bicycles and near work centers. A world of 24-hour monitoring of everything and everyone, big data is the new gold and privacy is a thing of the past. Water is a scarcity, very expensive and all usage is tightly regulated, monitored and controlled. That is the real new American dream people like her are telling you about. Too bad most people won't even realize how dangerous this sugar-coated poison pill is she is pushing people as candy.
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There's a lot of hate here, and I'm trying to understand where it's coming from.
She's not saying you're a failure if you're poor, or that you don't have to work hard to earn a living. The message I got was to question what you're working for and try and make it something you believe in. I can't claim to understand the hurt people must feel hearing that, when they haven't had the opportunity to work on something believe in, since I've had many privileges in my life. If that's where the disagreement is coming from I understand. She is definitely coming from a position in life not many get to have.
I will try and step back from her positive message and see the hurt that many of you are feeling. I hope you can step back and see the positivity and good that this woman's message can bring as well: Help for those who can't work for what they believe. Communities helping communities instead of everyone isolating themselves. The rebirth of more communal living, with extended families and financial/emotional support from friends.
There's a lot of good in the message. I understand the dislikes as well though.
You gotta at least call her out for those boots... Gosh
Im not sure why its rarely addressed, but our culture should discuss the option of not having kids. Personally, I always believed it was a compulsory accolade of adulthood until I mentioned it to my father. He nonchalantly said that it wasnt a big deal to skip them and it was an epiphany for me. Ive also heard the opposite from others. That not having kids is selfish. Isnt it the most selfish act of all? To acknowledge that the earth is going through critical shortages, and reproducing for your own interest despite that? I think a great many people have them because they, likewise, think its something theyre just expected to do when in reality its the last thing we or they really need.
It's like the one experiment with the mice. There was enough food and shelter to provide for thousands but the population never went beyond a few hundred and in the end all mice gave up procreation, there was a big group of mice that started killing oneanother outof boredom and a small group of mice decided to seperate themselves from the rest and live the rest of their life in peace, but shortly after gave up eating because there was nothing to do. It's highly unlikely humans will go extinct in a similar manner, but the beginning of the end started with a decline of procreation. By no means does anyone have a moral obligation to have kids but that alot of people have decided not to do so anymore is a huge red flag.
I think there is a lot of the opposite pressure nowadays through people pushing that having kids is selfish when it is the most selfless thing that you can do. You are creating another life and giving it the opportunity to experience life. Would you rather your parents took a look at the rise of Hitler and communism and fascism and then decided for you "nah this isn't a good world to come in to". Are you waiting for a good world? Maybe your kid or you will make this world a better one. Not having kids to just die off in peace is not brave and selfless it is defeat.
Beautiful, inspiring, words.
Great speech even if I don't fully agree
As a Briton I don't relate to the white picket fence thing at all. Over here we laugh with our neighbours about how poor we are.
That's not true, we don't know who our neighbours are and we certainly don't talk to them.
My ex-wife clearly that depends on where you live in the UK...
@my ex-wife You're probably Southern.
My brother in,law, his 2 kids, and my sister in law all live with my mother/father in law. They are at each others throats. I pray to God that my children can grow up to be independent and only live with me by choice if it's good for all of us
What was the point of this TED talk? Money doesn't buy happiness? This was very all-over-the-place. There were alot of words but not much was really being said....
Visit 3rd world countries, you see a lot of happiness with so little and people really depend in their communities.
3rd world countries don't have western values and western laws. they often have MUCH more freedom than americans have.
Being poor and living in what is often a dictatoriship... sounds like a recipe for freedom to me!
anonymouse27 are the laws enforced? if not than you can do what you want to do. its that simple. if you live in a dictatorship that refuses to enforce its rules, than you live in freedom.
Eli Nope, congratulations; you have invented a new kind of a state: laissez-faire dictatorship! :-) I will let you try to figure out why those don't exist anywhere.
anonymouse27 can you expand please.
Persuasively argued, evocatively presented, Courtney Martin gives a profoundly meaningful talk about the new American Dream. By doing so, she redefines the very idea of 'American Dream.' I think everyone (not necessarily American) should watch this captivating talk. Highly recommended.
Capitalism isn't doing so well, so learn to be a socialist and live on a commune. In the middle of Oakland no less.....
ok, thanks, got it.
people are still coming here, that's the problem. I like immigrants, but if the policy at the state dept is corporations get to exclusively hire talent abroad because they can save a buck and get special fast track visas just for it, well there is no incentive to get that skill level education here at the exponential cost compared to a foriegn country.
"The American dream is not home ownership. The American dream is freedom."
I can't agree with her. These small communities might be good when all the people living there have similar wealthiness. The reason wealthier people have better fence, alarms, anty- burglary windows, cameras etc. is mostly beacause they need that kind of security and protection from people whose greed is stronger than good will.
Also most murders, blacmails and kindapping usually is made by friends or family of the victim. And yes money is usually the reason. So no, i don't want to have open house for some kind of community. I don't know what will happend to the families around me. Will they be in-debt in the next 10 years? Will I win a lottery? Will my company prosper really well creating the gap in terms of wealthiness around me? I don't know the answers, so why risk with communities? On my own property I have at least some kind of damage control.
"knowing the human condition" is essential!!!
8:34 "We should live like our immigrant ancestors." As a Gen-X er who has paid off his loan debt, and owns a house, I will fight tooth and nail against going back in time to the squalor and poverty my 4 Italian grandparents endured when they walked off the boat to Ellis Island. Bernie Sanders support aside, this mindset is why the Millenials are get so royally screwed when it comes to political rights and economic mobility in America.
You folks enjoy the fun of debt and poverty, I will stick to debt free living and home ownership.
10:54 wait, I want $5/month power bill
My American dream is to live in a beautiful RV school bus for ten years, then buy a small 3 bedroom bungalow with a porch and a yard big enough to grow food. I want space to have an in-law suite for my parents.
She’s talking about poverty and community while living in a gentrified neighborhood that has forced most of its working class and middle income citizens out?
I almost threw up when you said that you live in Oakland (my hometown).
Girl, bye.
Thank you so much for this beautiful and honest speech. Hugs from Serbia
Working like moms sounds good. That´s actually what i really can picture. I don´t get why feminists want women to work like men. Why don´t balance it out for everbody, so we can all have a full life, with less work and more family and friends.
She literally says, that if you're poor because the system we're living in is rigged against you, you should be happy that you get the chance to learn how great it is to be poor!
This talk is insulting for every Millenial who actually has been struggling for all his life actually does have a bad outlook.
I've grown up in the 90s, I was always poor. The outlook for my generation compared to the previous one is bad. Less median income, less jobs, less job security. Then along comes this lovely lady and says, if you've failed at finding a job, maybe your true talents are in being unemployed and poor...
Good job. A rich white lady telling poor people how great being poor really is.
What has being white got to do with anything? You, having your own racial perspective, irrationally assume all white people are wealthy. God, if it were only true!
Lynn Dowless Being white obviously doesn’t automatically make you rich, but it does mean you will face less workplace discrimination and find jobs/get promoted easier, making your chance of upward mobility higher.
The first three minutes really seemed like a play on words to explain unemployment, homelessness, and a transition to a 3rd world country. Btw I'm not a alt-right crazy, I'm moderate, but something about the underlying message seemed sinister. The rest of the video was ok, but overall I don't think the message is a positive one. I don't think there is anything wrong with stronger communities, in fact it is better for our health and our wallets. Something about that seems like struggle. Maybe there is too much old American dream in me.
"It's estimated that by 2020, nearly half of Americans will be free lancers."
Well I mean, she's not... wrong? I mean, those of us who lived through 2020 can kinda know that it's true. So she kinda predicted the future.
hello i'm french, and i would like to know what does means ''better off'' i search in google but i didn't found it.
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the future sure will be exciting
I agree in some cases however, why should we let the environment around us control our thoughts on success?
Success is relative and each person should work out success for themselves and work hard toward that goal.
There's a woman on the thumbnail; hurry up, should dislike fast.
Not if she's cute.
mhtinla Not on TED.
I've seen a few cute ones, but they are lesbian.
It's wonderful to see so many triggered commenters. Fortunately, your close mindedness is spurring the conversation onward, dismantling the confusion of individual truths, and bringing us to a greater understanding.
Have always said this. Ppl need to be in communities that way no one needs to feel alone & cities need to be structured catering for this type of lifestyle.
this was definitely far from my favorite talk. 1/10 would not watch agiain
Yes yes, be creative, work harder, learn a new skill etc all just to make less. This is the new American dream - have meager income and keep dreaming on social media.
It takes a village to murder another village... unless and until every single individual realizes the logical conclusion that a group cannot have more rights than an individual, humanity is doomed to repeat the cycles of debt and death.
If a person cannot enslave or murder another, how can that person grant that authority to a group of people (a “village”, eg. a collective)?
The answer is to simply walk away from the group. It’s not always easy, but it is the simplest, least violent, most empathetic logical conclusion to a society gone completely mad.
The American Dream is freedom and individual liberty.
Suddenly this gets a bit emotional right before 14 min. mark...but she stands and delivers
What is a life coach?
When I was a kid, we just grew up and got street education.
Amazing!
I have choices. My Mom and Dad didn't get to live a life unencumbered by prejudice. That's a step up. They made more money and had retirement but they died early. They were miserable due to chronic illnesses.
Whoa loads of cancer in the comments. Not sure what to dislike in the video the lady is saying some obvious stuff, that true wealth comes from human connections. The title should have been different I guess.
She speaks with the mindset "if you're not doing it like me, you're doing it wrong" Also she is not right. Her model works only when everyone living in the community have similar wealthiness. Now add a family that is much wealthier than the rest and you have a problem.
Not agree with the title of this video
She s right we should have a faith for what we are up to.......otherwise panic will overflow like liquidity(IMAO)
The new American dream, you have to be asleep to believe it.
The American dream is to follow whatever kind of pointless life allows you to consume (destroy/render unusable valuable resources) the most, whilst also making sure you maintain that qui proquo by reminding you just how awful your lifestyle is for you and the planet, and handing you over another slice of whatever is killing you with the other hand.
So ideally you're fat and unhealthy, meaning you're that much more unhappy: you consume more things just to feel better, you're also in need of lots of healthcare and medication, including psychiatric drugs that will turn your brain inside out and make you a drug addict. You are mentally and emotionally very damaged, making sure no true happiness or solace comes in your life to fill the hole you're filling with things you pay for, of course that doesn't work so you need more and more, and you're uneducated, making sure you stay in that cage instead of realizing the key is laying at your feet.
She just gave an alternative. Your comment doesn't fit.
And here come the 7-year-old boy commenters...
This has nothing to do with the American dream. This is, however, Communist/Socialist propaganda. She is only touching on the MOST likable and acceptable aspects of Communism/Socialism. If you were asked to watch this for a school project, you are being indoctrinated. After watching this, but before writing your paper, research what life was like in the USSR(Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) or Communist Russia, at the very least find out why the Chinese people fear the Chinese Government, and what took place at Tiananmen Square. Do your own research, then decide.
Thank you for the talk. Where do you find these communities? Is there a website?
Is severely miss facts in this lady's presentation to perceive it as valuable. It all feels "I think X", "I feel Y", "turns out that Z is true"...
#thankyou from #homemakerbychoice #momof3 home of 3 adults, 2 seniors & 4 kids under 8yo
I don't agree in the least that "our desire for more [stuff]" is what the American Dream is about. Rather it is about having the freedom and opportunity to make your life what you will; and if that happens to be collecting material possessions, go for it, I say.
I thought the hippy movement died. Fifteen minutes of nothing less than a sales pitch for Socialism. I think she did "the brown acid"!
Bro who gasped that loud 12:19
I believe Courtney Martin is self-aware enough to understand the inherent inequalities that allow her to live the way she does. I came here from a keynote she gave at the 2019 Cohousing Conference. In that speech, she points out a few things that are missing here. She pointed out how almost everyone at the conference was white and middle class. She does want to make this lifestyle more affordable for more people. Second, she confesses that there is a homeless camp less than a mile from her community and that they've done nothing for those people. Now that's small comfort if you're truly at the bottom of the barrel of late-stage capitalism.
To this particular talk and the naysayers, I have only a few words. First, the things she mentions as the American Dream were indeed what a vast majority of Americans returning from WWII wanted. A home, a good job that lasted until retirement, and a pension after. That is gone and will not be coming back. I work in retail and I'm in my 40's. That's my fault, I squandered my youth but don't think that I don't wake from nightmares of the inevitability of the kind of work I do know for money vanishing before I'm 60. Second, no one is saying you have to live in any way you don't want to live but beware of what that will mean in the coming years. Third, if we cannot really see and hear each other I fear another world war will devastate the world. And finally, don't relinquish hope. I have been hopeless at the bottom of a bottle and strung out. I am healing. It will probably take the rest of my life and it's hard work. But I will not let go of the hope that if one can heal so can all.
Since the 60's, increasingly less households could survive a single wage earner. Now it takes 2 and sometimes this is not enough. Tell us that we need to be happy as poor socially controlled community members is always easy when you are wealthy. There is a reason why people left the villages to city to earn more money to be able to escape the poverty of the feudalist system. Pushing communism is not the way out...it never is. My wife who grew up in the USSR tells me stories about this way of life. The speaker is a straight up communist. Go to a country who has excepted this way of life and stay away from our country and allow the American dream to bloom.
This should be titled "Why socialism can change the USA for the better"
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The new American Dream: a kelly green frock in every closet.
"...the gap between rich and poor is profoundly immoral."
Based on what? How does someone else's wealth impoverish me? If I have everything I need to be happy, healthy, and satisfied, why is it immoral if someone else has countless millions more dollars than I have? How does someone else's wealth cause some other person's poverty?
Umm excuse me lady, I love the suburbs
As long as they are not US-style cookie cutter bland suburbs. I don't know how people live there without taking massive doses of anti-depressants or perhaps haven't traveled much.
Hint: They don't. There's a reason that the stereotype for the Xanax popping soccer mom exists. XD
Young woman, speak about any social thing, starts speach with "I am a _______".
Yeah, that's the trigger.
I think you get triggered very easily.
I don't lose sleep for the kids sewing my sheets, or the ones stitching my sneaks, as long as I can buy 'em both cheap. American privilege, is blurring my vision, inherited sickness. Bish, don’t kill my vibe.
SJW dream more like..
Just giving money to people simply because they're alive isn't the answer. You can't just give money to people that are poor and expect it to end poverty in a free market economy, because businesses can just simply increase prices when they know more people can afford their products/services. I'm not saying command economics/price caps are the answer, but I do know just simply giving out money to people that don't have it is definitely not.
Multigenerations under one roof has worked in many nations for thousands of years - socialist welfare / pensions are bankrupting many western nations
Village or Tribe ? are you talking about Tribalism ?
5:32 "for my brother and I" CRINGE
*i don't get anything she's saying*
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This didn’t address nearly what I thought it would.
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12/22/2020 And not half of the people here in American are freelancers.
Why people don't like this ?
Minimum income can be achieved but that should be the only kind of welfare that should exist. The government is too incompetent to depend on them for anything. We should take our own dollars and spend them how we should see fit.
What's the answer for #7?
So while I live in hometown kind a "new American Dream", I wish to live "present American Dream". What is wrong with me?
wonderful speech 👏👏
This lady is a mess.
This has some great points and my friend and I are trying to expand on this idea and flush it out a little. If you enjoyed this video I encourage you to check out the-working-class.com/Blog/Manifesto/manifesto.html.
Charles Manson had a dream for a community where everything was free for you to live the way you do someone else has to pay .....
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+1 for universal income. (I have a high income)
added to WatchLater list
Is there anyone who got research papers???
we should have universal income, and public housing. true public housing, as in government owned and operated housing much like military barracks but for citizens.
Who else tries to learn sth for their English exam
Balderdash education? Too reach the dream some party to lavation! Big words, eloquent phrases, proven body language shows much education. But what do I know?
It’s 2020 where’s that half lmaoo
Mostly good points except about making babies give the children without parents a chance to have nice parents and reduce the stress on the society.
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I do not see any difference from a hostle
Nice
She is cute...
Also, good video.
The truth is people are not happy because they have abandoned God, the congregation was always the center of community, hence have communion at church, bread bread etc... Wake up evil and wicked generation... You have eyes but do not see, ears and do not hear... The answer has and has always been waiting for you... Repent... And be happy
11:31
Wow she is almost 40 but she looks way younger to me :S
so let me get this straight eat the moldy bread because it has penicillin in it and it is good for me poverty is a good thing because what doesn't kill you makes you stronger ...... we can all live like hipsters and sleep till noon thank you for clarifying I've been doing it wrong my whole life all I need is a government check a lawn chair and a public beach hey Mom and Dad I'm never moving out responsibilities LOL that's for suckers😎 I'll just start a UA-cam channel I'll make millions for doing nothing👏
Are the tens of thousands of unskilled illegal aliens from Latin America and the unskilled refugees from Africa, and Asian nations going to help contribute to future economic growth, and prosperity ?
Bruh
This feels really disconnected from reality. Feels like a utopia fiction. That's not about the American dream but 21st century commune. She just used a buzz word that she doesnt really understand.