Maybe that’s just the way human civilization works… It has to get really bad for the majority of people before ordinary decent folks are forced into action.
I agree, and I think that's why Project2025 is a thing, and why they're slow-walking the destruction of everything. They're avoiding to, as Admiral Yamamoto once said, "awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve." I think our society still has this kind of backbone and character, but only under sudden and extreme conditions.