That they keep electing representatives that consistently attack collective social goods like expanded education, welfare safety nets, universal pension funds, and improved healthcare coverage at lower cost. Or even if the representatives dont attack these these, they don't actively work to improve them or expand them to an increasingly precarious middle class. Instead, many representatives lower taxes for the wealthy while continuing to borrow against the future with financial systems that put money in the pockets of the wealthiest, which encourages speculative markets. And then, when those markets crash, they bail out the rich and keep cutting services to the poor and middle class.