>social critics who believe that the decline of America’s working class comes from a collapse of moral values >They [the two families] have to navigate this HE

>social critics who believe that the decline of America’s working class comes from a collapse of moral values >They [the two families] have to navigate this HEARTLESS economy by themselves. The social critics may be right. However, they point to individuals as morally incompetent, etc. But it takes an entire society to define an economy. So I am wondering if these social critics are right but they are blaming the moral collapse only on those currently most negatively affected by it i.e. those impoverished, out-of-work,etc. However, the Germans under the Nazis were morally incompetent but had raving economic success. So, all in all I don't know. I was just thinking that you cannot say that just because an American is either well-off or filthy rich that they are more morally competent than the rest of the society.