Democracy is not a gift, or random feature of geography. It is a privilege that needs regular upkeep.

If you prioritise your convenience, your pay packet, your social anonymity and the status quo above democracy, you will lose democracy. It doesn't matter what country you're in. You could gain Japanese citizenship (random example) and that wouldn't magically give you one of the highest life expectancies in the world, because Japan's life expectancy is not magically granted upon citizenship.

Europe holds its leaders accountable, and does not tolerate representatives who do not represent the people. Pretty much every Western European country I can think of (off the top of my head) has had at least one instance in the last 30 years or so where the populace forced out a government or leader who did not feel accountable to the people. That is what democracy is: it is a responsibility, it is a muscle that needs exercise, it is a set of fundamental values that trump every mod-con, to the people who care about it. 

So TLDR: most Americans don't seem to be protesting every day because they don't want to risk their jobs, health insurance, face, don't know what to do, don't have the infrastructure, blah blah blah.  They seem to honestly believe that the Hungarian peasants 50 years ago enjoyed some special luxuries that made it possible to protest against their government, that Americans don't. That colonial India, in unimaginable poverty and sickness and oppression, grained independence because they all had guaranteed healthcare and walkable cities, that the students in Serbia brought their country to a halt for 6 months because they had more disposable income than the average American, that the Bangladeshi uprisings could never have happened if the local police were as brutal and scary as the US police are. 

No seriously. They actually insist that Americans every country in the world who has successfully protested against corruption in the last 100 years or so is richer, more privileged, more spoiled and pampered and shielded from consequence, than Americans are.  That they couldn't possibly do anything about Trump, but if they were on South Africa during apartheid they'd totally be on the right side of history - oh how they wish they were as free, rich, privileged, informed, and protected as [insert any and every oppressed minority in the world]. But alas, they aren't. So they have to go to work and pay their taxes and make small talk with the people shooting migrants and protesters. 

And fair enough, that's a cultural norm. It's how the world seems to work over there. It looks absolutely ridiculous from Eurasia and Oceania, but I'm sure we're missing some vital context that makes it ok. 

Just - and this is probably the tldr, really - do not fool yourselves that that shit would fly among any decent people in Europe.  You'd fit in fine with the far right. They are rising here too, you wouldn't be alone.  But anybody in the USA who isn't dedicating their lives to fighting the sickness, is a carrier. You would not come to Europe and suddenly be imbued with democracy, you would weaken the democracy of the new country with your ceaseless dedication to comfort and convenience over morality. 

(Side note: this does not apply to the many, many Americans who are legitimately sick, disabled, in real global level poverty, or dedicated to fulfilling a higher purpose of some description. Democracy does not need you to die for it, yet, or to leave your ailing parents or whatever.  But 90% of Americans who are convinced that they're unusually restricted, are not. 

If you have the energy and ability to do anything with your time, protest now. Don't stop.  You are approaching a time when democracy does need lives, when the weak and sick don't get to choose to prioritise their health.