We say the grass is always greener on the other side.

However, according to some, the idea of America being the promised land is crumbling.

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Today, the world has lost hopefulness, including inside and outside of America.

Those who are not U.S. citizens and want to pursue the American Dream are on guard.

They look at the United States with vigilant skepticism.

Furthermore, disbelief does not come from Chomskys generation alone, who has witnessed the regression.

Generation Y is forced to attenuate its high expectations.

Nearly half of Millennials believe the American Dream is dead, according to areportfrom Generation Opportunity.

Median earnings for college graduates have only increased six percent from 2007 to 2014.

There are more young people today making less than $25,000 a year than there were in the 1990s.

Some may wonder whether its best to pursue the dream of self-accomplishment in the Old Continent.

However, it surely does remain the most charming place to travel or to move to after retirement.

But just like Noam Chomskys discourse, even old movies critique the capitalistic core of the dream.

For instance, Orson Welles iconic 1941Citizen Kaneserves as a cautionary tale about the dangers of achieving great success.

This is a happiness that wealth could never replace, despite the promise of the Dream.

All these films reprehend the United States for being money-oriented, neglecting the more humane side of life.

However, America today seems to be incapable of guaranteeing even the financial benefits of back in the day.

Now, new welfare legislation is almost exclusively geared toward the elite.

The time when the West used to be the place to move to might be over.

Now, it is argued, you should go East.

Today the orient is the new land of opportunity.

She meets a Waspy American expat working in finance who is more acquainted with Chinese culture than she is.

In the film, the Asian metropolis is a futuristic version of the City That Never Sleeps.

New York in comparison to Hong Kong has acquired an irresistibly vintage allure.

Besides, Easternization has spread in popular culture, from the food to fashion, from entertainment to industry.

Not to forget that India has always been the largest film industry in the world.

So one may wonder whether its factory of dreams will shut down for good one day.

It must crumble so that recompose, stronger than ever in a new 21stcentury.