There are tons of reasons because Americans have been groomed this way on purpose, but here’s one I haven’t seen brought up here yet.

“Doing something about it” has consequences. In no order, and wildly varying in severity:

• You may be imprisoned (whether or not you are charged). The jails and prisons are very bad & this can lead to enslavement.
• Convictions strip you of civil rights.
• You may be entrapped or assassinated.
• Public activism and willingness to volunteer is frequently redirected by capitalists to spoil outcomes or just waste activist energy.
• Professional skilled volunteering (lawyers, librarians, medics) does not count as employment in your field for most purposes and this will inhibit your career. It can also get you blacklisted.
• Capitalists intentionally endanger and expose activists during pandemic events.
• Street violence from police, security, hate groups.
• You may be doxxed.
• Propaganda aimed at normies may turn friends and family and community against you.

All of the above are things that happened to me or activists I know / worked with in the Central & Eastern Rustbelt region of the stolen lands.