I've had this conversation with my my mother a few times. America and South Africa are very similar, both historically and their current trajectories. We suffer from the same cultural "deadlocks" which seems nearly impossible to escape since nobody seems willing/mature enough to have a calm conversation about our shortcomings and how to fix it. There are also systemic/administrative governmental deadlocks which frustrate the problem further. A very common scenario between both countries is the huge difference between the rich & poor and between how gov operate vs how people live.