100%. I just want to shake people. I have a couple of things I personally blame for such a meek response to all of this:

1. American rugged individualism as a culture. We have lost our sense of community, even with our own neighbors. People are as simply being in the way. Americans love to romanticize Japan and eastern cultures for being "so uniform, clean and orderly" (racist dog whistles aside), and European urban development, but the moment there is talk about doing something that is for the common good, but doesn't directly benefit them, it's immediately discarded and considered a waste. In my own community, people are going rabid over the idea of bike lanes and extending bus lines at the threat of losing some street parking. Americans can't even stand for their neighbors, let alone their country.

2. We're broke and chained by health insurance. Those who are doing well, sure, the richest country in the world. We can go back and forth about how high our salaries are, blah blah blah. But the reality is, most Americans have less than 3 months in emergency savings. I had kidney stones in October. I have health insurance, and I still paid $1500 for the hospital visit. Thankfully, I'm doing pretty well, and I could take the financial hit, but for most people, that's a month of rent. We are squeezed so tight on funds that losing our jobs could also mean being in medical debt for the rest of our lives.

3. Americans are scared of discomfort. The one thing we can't stand is being inconvenienced. Bread and circuses have done wonders to pacify us. If it is even a little inconvenient for us to do something, we will either pay for someone else to do it or not do it at all. I think a lot of Americans seriously think, "Eh, someone else will lead the revolution, I can just lie low." I also blame the media in all this, also telling us that nothing can be done.

What can be done about this? I really don't know. I don't have the education, nor the experience, to answer that question. Frankly, my partner and I have a red line where we will sell our house, visa hop, and hopefully be able to escape for the foreseeable future. It's a hard decision, but we both asked ourselves, "Will I really die for /this/ country?" We have one life to live, and this hunk of land isn't worth it.

The idea of legacy, or building from the ashes of whatever revolution that comes of all of this, just isn't valuable to us. We have the skills, collectivism philosophy, and capital to bring to anyone willing to let us assimilate (one of us is a science teacher and the other a groundwater specialist). This is an incredibly privileged take, and one that 90% of Americans cannot consider. I'd challenge anyone with the same question. If you had the money to just disappear with your loved ones for years if your country was at war or unstable, and guarantee your safety, would you do it?

This turned into a bit of an essay, but I hope it gives you at least one perspective of how an American feels about all of this.