When the government tackles a problem, you have a lot more leisure time because you don' t have to volunteer yourself. Someone else solves the problem for you while you feel morally virtuous for making grand statements about what the government ought to be doing about it. You have been active in the United States in trying to build up communities. Misguided notions of what constitutes equality seem to be one of the biggest errors. There is still a real social stigma attached to anyone who excels in work or income.
People believe that the success of one is acquired at the expense of another.
Many still accept the false notion that the economy is a fixed pie in which it is morally reprehensible if anyone gets a larger slice than another. Secondly, as changes occur, and change occurs rapidly, it will cause much distress. People are being asked to make immediate advances we have made over a much longer time period. There are prices to be paid for every advance, not least of which is the feeling of discomfort of losing what is known and familiar. The fewer ethics that guide society, the greater the intrusion of laws.