The American Dream is the idea that anybody can rise from abject poverty to unbridled prosperity. This is what makes America great. This is also why poor people vote Republican. The allure of wealth is so great that people will vote against their own present self-interest if they think that it will benefit their hypothetical, well-off, future self. We want the big house and five cars (in charge). We want it so bad that we will pay a scumbag like Jordan Belfort to teach us his secrets. We don't care that he's a pathetic, misogynist, drug addict who robbed countless people of their livelihoods and beat his wife (and Lord knows how many other women). All we care about is striking it big so that the money can wash away all of our troubles. Oh, and isn't he quite charming as well? This is why you are still poor and the real Jordan Belfort is engaged and living well in Manhattan Beach, CA. God Bless America!
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