If people acknowledge that their government is doing horrible things then they have to simultaneously acknowledge that they are passively allowing it and in many cases actively enabling it because they are scared of the government and anyway their own life is good so why rock the boat. Even a federal income tax strike is too scary and inconvenient for the typical American man these days but who wants to openly admit that. So it's a lot more comfortable to just pretend there is no corruption. No corruption no responsibility no cowardice no shame it's all good now.