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If a proper revolution happens US will be taken back for sure. The problem is that Americans are way too comfortable for any major change and have been for a long time.
They’re in for a lot of discomfort though. Like generations of it.
It's not only being comfortable. Arguably western democracies are even more comfortable with healthcare, job security and more social climbing.
Is the mix of hyper individualism, zero civic culture, and crab bucket job economy.
I've been seeing "comfortable" a lot, but I think honestly it's less comfort and more confusion. I know it's popular to portray us all as lazy, drinking our Big Gulp slushies and watching sportsball, but that's not the whole picture.
We all know it sucks, we might call our reps, our friends might go wave some signs...but ultimately we're culturally unaccustomed to organization, and that part cripples meaningful resistance. As the commenter below me stated, "lack of civic culture" and "hyper individualism" nails it.
Okay, we all want different things, we all struggle at wildly different randomized shifts because most of us are one missed paycheck away from disaster, how do we know who our friends are? No no, not the "Yeah man, that sucks lol idk." friends, the ones who will actually fight with you?
Consequently, we're suffering a massive lonliness epidemic where a lot of people not only have very little civic ties, they don't even have a network of reliable companionship! A lot of this is simply thanks to suburban dominance and nowhere left to meet that's not charging admission.
I don't think that's particularly a take on americans being lazy but a general issue where developed world populations tend to be more obedient because of they're stuck in the zone of comfortable compliance.
China is by far the most extreme example of this. It's a complete autocracy but also the economy is great and consumerism rampant.