Editing Promise (section)

==Society==
[[File:Brockton 11 1 12 (8146999967).jpg|alt=Two women link pinkies in a parking lot. One of them is Elizabeth Warren.|thumb|Linking [[Little finger|little fingers]] is one of several common gestures indicating a promise has been made.]]
The "promise", in [[sociology]] and society, as discussed by [[C. Wright Mills]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://socialsciences.nsula.edu/assets/Site-Files/The-Promise.pdf|title=Home|website=nsula.edu|access-date=26 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913204310/http://socialsciences.nsula.edu/assets/Site-Files/The-Promise.pdf|archive-date=13 September 2012}}</ref> and others is the ideological impression or commitment our society makes to us, and the commitment we make to our society in return for [[prosperity]]. The best or most popular example of this is the [[American Dream]].