Hot take - most western people collectively and subconsciously feel like they deserve their own corrupt government, they didn't oppose it when it was fucking up several other parts of the world so who are they to cry and complain now when that same government turns on them overtly, most have accepted their fate as a sort of karmic judgement, it's ironically more psychologically comfortable than playing the role of spoiled sheltered prince who never cared about the peasants but throws a tantrum when the problems finally reach his castle, nobody with a shred of dignity or humility wants to play that role, it's more mentally and emotionally comfortable to just embrace being useless pampered eaters while 'balancing' it with a 'graceful' acceptance when it's time to pay the price