Why are Americans passive as millions lose their homes, jobs, families and the American dream?

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Society-wide depression has struck America. Why it's happened and what we can do about it. An unnatural economic and psychological disaster has struck America. Five contributors, each interacting with and shaping the others, have devastated the American moral, economic, psychological, and social landscape. Each is fed by related streams, but each contributes its own force to the disaster. The American dream in which each generation surpassed the previous generation in real wages has all but disappeared, along with dreams of an intact family, a steady job, a home, and an honest supportive community. This article looks at each of five collaborators in the crisis in order to answer the following questions: How did this happen? What forces are responsible? Why are Americans passive as millions lose their homes, their jobs, their families, their hopes of justice, and the American dream?