It's unfortunately by design. The country is way too big for itself. The oligarchs want to keep everyone fighting for their own survival so they can't fight back. They are more scared of unity than Nazis. The government also has access to the world's largest military and is eager to sic them on their own civilians. Canadians and Americans are both equally afraid of our military, just look at our cops. Not to mention every time we go out we have to worry about getting randomly shot by a disgruntled 14 year old at Walmart.

There's a large underground resistance, but there's only so much we can do. The US is a failed nation