Short persuasive monologue by Ryan Daniel Moran (posted by Capitalism.com) arguing that reclaiming the American Dream requires creating more entrepreneurs. Moran contrasts an older view of the American Dream (job + home) with a new chapter centered on personal autonomy: starting businesses, investing in what you care about, and protecting freedom via capitalism rather than relying primarily on government interventions.
The only way that we reclaim the American Dream is by creating more entrepreneurs. Capitalism is the only shot we have at maintaining and protecting the American Dream. We used to think that it was this idea of buying a house and getting a job. That was the last chapter of the American Dream. The new chapter is owning your own destiny. It's starting your own business. It's investing in things that you care about. That's the way that we create the new chapter of the American Dream. We have this narrative about it being strong minimum wages or a strong middle class or what the government can do. The American Dream is about your own freedom and your own autonomy. Capitalism.com. that word matters to me because it's the best and only shot we have of reclaiming the American Dream and passing it on to our kids.
