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Opportunity - don’t think it is always education, but a determination

It’s the dream that you, too, can get rich.

I think the American Dream is characterized by three promises: progress, access, and redemption. Progress is the promise of unlimited opportunity in a land where there is enough for everybody.  Access is the promise of equal opportunity, in a land where all doors are open to everyone; implicit in this is a promise of safety which allows us freedom of movement and ambition.  Redemption is the promise that gives our struggles meaning. The American Dream pledges that our hard work, our loyalty, and our self discipline in delaying gratification will ultimately be rewarded. Unfortunately, because these promises are built on a socio-structural foundation of inequity, the US is the most economically stratified country in the world.  Our hierarchically-based society, in which acquisition and financial prosperity serve as the symbols of success, require the systemic stifling of someone's growth so that other may advance ahead of them.  These three promises of the American Dream are no more than myths.

It's not about one of these but a combination that equals the American Dream

Opportunities beget more opportunities- share freely!

This is fundamentally an impossible question to answer.  Americans cannot have one of these without the others –

I think "the dream" has been replaced by selfishness and/or is being hoarded by a few at the cost of the many.

Liberty, security and the economic stability to achieve virtually any opportunity through education and hard work, regardless of race, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, physical challenges, or any other challenges or limitations, while respecting our common good, and keeping to the spirit of liberty and JUSTICE for all.

Owning your own home

A blend of these definitions.  It has elements of all these.

This is the only one that addresses all the other, selfish options.

Stability, equal justice administered without corruption and in a manner that motivates constructive risk taking as a method to achieve any citizen’s hierarchy of need while rewarding each effort for measurable social benefit.

Progress: the freedom to overcome challenges and create new visions.

I was torn between Opportunity and Stability

Limited government, but some basic protections for the average citizen

Corporate control