Yanks are an amazing example of learnt helplessness

They shrug their shoulders, because most of them have absolutely no idea that better ways exist, or they're just too busy trying to survive (which has been carefully and deliberately engineered)

As individuals I can't blame them, but as a society I hold it in contempt

If they spent a fraction of their energy working together rather than trying to tear each other down, they wouldn't be in this shitty situation

The US really is a crab-pile, and other societies see it as a warning (mostly... Turkyie, Hungary, Argentina and some others need a kick in the arse)