What lies beyond the American Dream?
Peter Grandich and Zahra Sethna talk about the slow decline of financial stability, the myth of homeownership, and how to prepare for life after the dream fades.
This week, I had the honor of joining Peter Grandich on his YouTube channel for a quick chat about the economic and social shifts reshaping life in America.
(Welcome to our new subscribers who joined us via Peter’s YouTube channel. Say hello in the comments!)
We talked about the housing market madness — where private equity firms now own your neighborhood — and why so many retirees today are drowning in debt. We also explored what Collapse Life really means (not doomsday bunkers, just paying attention), and why understanding the slow unraveling of our systems is the first step to adapting and thriving.
If you feel like the world is changing faster than anyone wants to admit, you might appreciate this conversation.
Plus, watch for Peter Grandich’s return to the Collapse Life podcast in the coming weeks. We’ve got lots to talk about and we could all use a dose of his shoot-from-the-hip wisdom!
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The original American Dream is just fine. The problem is the corrupted version of it projected through the funhouse mirror of modern society that has distorted it beyond recognition.
The corrupted version has people going through the indoctrination machine and graduating college as the finish line. Everything you could want will be awarded as a participation trophy upon graduation. You will have the dream job, home, car, vacations, and all the gadgets you could possibly want at 20 years old. Instead of that, what you actually get is a lifetime of debt and disappointment.
Most of this fake image is projected through media. It is even more distorted through the modern social media of Instagram influencers and the like posting pictures of themselves on decorated sets pretending that it is all theirs. It is the carefully crafted advertisements showing 20-something year olds driving brand new $60K cars up to their $500K houses and walking into their professionally decorated rooms while dressed in all their designer wardrobe while bringing in all their shopping spree loot.
The only guarantee is that if you fall for the liars version of the dream , you will fail.