Impressions from Falling Apart book

Made it through the first section.  The book has five or six sections.  Still a long way to go.

The main impression is that this country simply isn't serious about solving its problems.  As long as the people aren't serious, the politicians won't be serious.  If the politicians aren't serious, nothing will be done.

But the politicians are serious about one thing, that is an impression I also get from this book.  They are serious about enriching themselves at the public's expense.

You can't change anything if you don't care.  If you don't care enough to do anything, then why bitch about it?

Update:

A couple of more thoughts just occurred to me.  One, is this:  The corruption is so deep that the powers-that-be could get violent if their position is threatened.  That's why they are so desperate to confiscate weapons.

Secondly, people may not care because they think bad things only happen to other people.  This is not the case in my case because I have lived long enough to know that bad things are inevitable.  Bad things are going to happen.  When they do, you have to be prepared for them in some way.  No, you can't foresee everything, but you can't just pretend that everything will be perfect forever.  I think young people may be the most vulnerable to this way of thinking.  They neglect their health, like I did, and pay the price later.  If we neglect our country, we will certainly pay the price at some point.  It's going to happen.