Well when many effective firebrands like MLK, RFK, MalcomX and the like keep getting assassinated, you get a population that knows it shouldn't get uppity.

Not even talking about grand scale things like that. Little things -- the construction next door has been negligent and constantly wreaking havoc on neighbors, the environment, etc. Nobody other than me complains. Nobody files complaints. Nobody cares. Police don't care. Americans are brainwashed into thinking complainers are losers/weak and we all just have to "suck it up" and deal with it.

Because Americans foolishly still believe that 'one day they can make it too'. How else could one explain why millions vote for 'lower taxes for the rich' if they are quite poor themselves?!

"Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires" -- John Steinbeck

Just brilliant. Thanks.