What I've seen over the years in myself and others is that we tend to get worked up about what we are stirred up about by the machine. Most of this doesn't affect our day to day lives. But we have so much emotion about it. I've seen people complain about the income tax in their region while they pay very little of it. Move to a place where the property tax is far higher, but few people talk about the property taxes... They aren't thinking for themselves. For the context they have. For their goals in life. Thinking is hard work. That's why so few people do it.