The problem is that things are so livable for so many people that no one really wants to bother.

And there it is in a nutshell, I've got mine, fuck you.

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Life is good, the water is sweet. The ground keeps moving beneath my feet.

Sad but true.
But I'm sure if things did get bad, that we'd see a great response from the common American. Remember 9/11? We really did come together and help each other. People that were still wearing their business suits were helping other people escape from the crash sites. If you look at the pictures you see people like that all over, digging right along side the paramedics.
And there was the plane that the terrorists never got to their target, because the passengers rebelled against them and made them crash somewhere else instead. They could have just sat in their seats and died like everyone else. But they decided to do something instead.
We as Americans have nobility during hardship, bravery in the face of danger, we risk in hope of gaining in return. Is it such a terrible thing that we're presented with these things so little as a whole? That our lives are so comfortable that most people have forgotten that, including ourselves?
All it takes is something to bring us together, and we rise up as one.

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