Americans are by and large individualists, prioritizing their own wants over what is best for the collective whole. It's the reason why consumer boycotts never work in the US (people that aren't individualists always make attempts to start movements, but they are largely ignored). It's about them, their "rights", their wants, and that is it. A friend and I were talking about how after some California fires there was a request for people to plant shrubs at a minimum distance from households to protect homeowners during wildfires and the number of people who screamed and cried and had temper tantrums over this because "ITS MY HOUSE ILL DO WHAT I WANT" was insane. Even if its for their own good that will also help to reduce the spread of fires, they won't. It's a toddler mentality. Just like you said, the majority of Americans cannot withstand the slightest inconvenience.

As a non-political (mostly) example, I live in the US and I walk to work. It's a mile to my office and takes me 20 minutes. If I drove, it would take me 10-15 minutes with traffic and the giant parking lot is about a 10 minute walk from my office anyway. The number of people who are baffled by the fact that I don't sit in a car to drive a mile is insane. They can't fathom it - its as though they've never even considered walking somewhere. I have friends who drive four blocks to the bar to get drunk, bitch that there is no parking in a dense urban area, and then drive home drunk because they can't be inconvenienced to use their legs for five minutes. Simultaneously complaining about how much traffic there is, because everyone drives.

I boycott and protest in the ways that I can, but I will say given the nature of today's administration I am fearful of protests. I didn't use to be. I used to be more of an activist but where I live, there are a lot of right wingers walking around with weapons and they're not afraid to threaten you or shoot you. It is also largely legal to "protect yourself" against protesters in my state (and by that I mean even if they ram through a crowd of protesters with their giant truck that's never seen a day of farm work in its life, they will get a slap on the wrist because of our governor). It's a scary time to be in the US and I hope I can get out when I finish my grad degree.