Those aren't unique to America by any stretch. I don't think accessibility of material goods can be proved in this particular case as a cause, as most of the O

Those aren't unique to America by any stretch. I don't think accessibility of material goods can be proved in this particular case as a cause, as most of the OECD has the exact same market conditions as far as bountiful opportunities for debt and consumption are concerned. I haven't experienced enough of America to say anything, but I think, to extrapolate examples from NZ, there's been a steady erosion of any form of real collective, shared struggle these days. Even when things are bad, they're not bad enough generally for people to be able to build a sort of shared experience narrative like happened in the past.