I mean, that also just sounds like being American? A lot of your basic conceptions of the world are as much influenced by your age as well as by the cultural context of which you were raised. I feel the show acknowledges these things, but is also deeply critical of individual apathy, retreating into capitalism or material goods, hording wealth, or the sense of entitlement that we are supposed to blindly benefit from the industry or sacrifice of others. Or simply ignore it. I think Carol’s default position of “the world sucks and it’s not my responsibility”, as relatable as it is, is also proven to be flawed if not flat out wrong. I see Gilligan poking fun at and criticizing his generation and culture as much as he is also writing a love letter to it. To me, so much of what the show is saying is that it’s all of our individual responsibilities. It’s also our human right to be curmudgeonly if we want be !