It's so hard being wealthy...

[gsdx]

It makes sense, but it's not the way I have always understood it. I always thought that the American Dream was a happy marriage, a nice home, a decent car, 2.3 children, and a family dog.

More often than not, though, it's people like those on Jersey Shore or Real Housewives of New Jersey who are claiming that they're living it.

When I think of the American Dream, I think of Arthur Bach.

 

[fetaby]

Am I wrong in thinking this or is wealth associated with 'Living the American Dream'?

It always seems that way whenever I hear someone talking about it.

The American Dream is subjective. You will often hear wealth being associated with it for the simple fact that the majority of people are not wealthy.

But the insistence of wealth into our dream lives is not a function of the American Dream as it is a function of consumeristic capitalism.

When I think of the American Dream, I think of Arthur Bach.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the point of that movie was that despite his wealth he was still living an unfulfilled life?

But this passage from Wiki, seems to be relevant to this discussion.

Linda attends to his wounds and they discuss living a life of poverty. A horrified Martha tells Arthur that he can have his fortune because no Bach has ever been working class. Arthur declines, but at the last minute, talks privately to Martha. When he returns to Linda's side, he tells her that he declined again – Martha's dinner invitation, he means, but he did take the money. Arthur's pleased chauffeur Bitterman (Ted Ross) drives the couple through Central Park.