Nah, the US has gone through plenty of crazy social shifts without totally collapsing. Since the civil war, historically, difficulty tends to galvanize the US public (for better or worse). You'll have to do a better job explaining why this time is different, that isn't just "vibes". American culture is full of inherent contradictions in individual/social balance. The biggest one recently is identity politics, and the swing to and from this movement is indicative of how malleable the US relationship with individualism is.
What’s different is the US is wayyyyy richer and more comfortable than any time previously in history, or at least was until recently (in terms of PPP of the avg person). When you grow up in those conditions, it’s like you’re the kid of a rich person who made all the money, and you now feel entitled to it without any of the work it took to get here, and without experiencing the pain without it or the lessons learned along the way. Instead you start to complain that you can’t do XYZ (buy a home, have a family, pay for healthcare), but because you didn’t create these conditions or experience life before, you just blame others without any of the tools to correct it for yourself.
>>When you grow up in those conditions, it’s like you’re the kid of a rich person who made all the money, and you now feel entitled to it without any of the work it took to get here, and without experiencing the pain without it or the lessons learned along the way. Instead you start to complain that you can’t do XYZ (buy a home, have a family, pay for healthcare), but because you didn’t create these conditions or experience life before, you just blame others without any of the tools to correct it for yourself.
THIS!
A nation of (predominantly) spoiled brats is not Sparta.
