Working Americans Go Viral on TikTok for Exposing the MYTH of the American Dream
Channel: The Humanist Report
Date: 2023-12-26

Americans are struggling, and increasingly, they’re documenting their experiences on TikTok and going viral as a result. In this video we’ll look at some of these TikToks and explain why things continue to get worse despite claims from politicians that the economy is doing better.

TikToks: 
Nurse: https://www.tiktok.com/@mackmoan1988/video/7301321729681394974
Student Debt: https://www.tiktok.com/@_user5889/video/7296310166985903406?_r=1&_t=8ht1r3ZcVgN
Unhoused: https://www.tiktok.com/@preciousssemani/video/7296535983800012074
Boomer Housing Crisis: https://www.tiktok.com/@kylequin/video/7282910255816822062

Sources:
Most Americans Live Paycheck to Paycheck: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/31/62percent-of-americans-still-live-paycheck-to-paycheck-amid-inflation.html#:~:text=As%20of%20September%2C%2062%25%20of,consumers%2C”%20the%20report%20said
Most Workers Can’t Afford $500 Emergency: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/31/63percent-of-workers-are-unable-to-pay-a-500-emergency-expense-survey.html
Cost of Rent is Finally Cooling: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/interactive/2023/rent-prices-coming-down-near-me/
Rent in the 1950s: https://www.reddit.com/r/lostgeneration/comments/11dcvvi/the_1950s_the_days_of_raising_an_entire_family_on/
Americans Can’t Afford Lifestyle in Retirement: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/half-americans-wont-able-afford-162141325.html#:~:text=Fully%20half%20of%20the%20nation%27s,accounts%20for%20Social%20Security%20income.
Who’s Benefiting from the “Good” Economy: https://twitter.com/JStein_WaPo/status/1729518490527080573
Oxfam Study on Wealth: https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/richest-1-bag-nearly-twice-much-wealth-rest-world-put-together-over-past-two-years#:~:text=A%20billionaire%20gained%20roughly%20%241.7,over%20the%20last%20ten%20years.
Billionaire Wealth Increased by $2.2 Trillion Since Trump Tax Cut: https://americansfortaxfairness.org/billionaires-2-2-trillion-richer-since-2017-trump-gop-tax-law/
Matt Brunig’s Op-Ed for Jacobin: https://jacobin.com/2023/11/matt-bruenig-biden-economy-polling

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