The US has worked so long as people were and/or felt they were getting rich, or at least had a shot at it. Everything, including education, was designed around

The US has worked so long as people were and/or felt they were getting rich, or at least had a shot at it. Everything, including education, was designed around getting rich: being a good worker, being a good consumer, consume current product, excited for next product. Can't afford it? Here is cheap credit. As people no longer feel that they are getting rich, america will increasingly stop working. Ironically, love of money is the only thing we americans still have in common: https://archive.is/FYZtc https://archive.is/FYZtc We live in a society.