I can say that historically people in Argentina does not have a strong incentive to collaborate economically because in the past you could live very well from the land within less than 2500 m2 that was easy to obtain. In some places you are enforced to collaborate.
Also the system was always corrupt in some areas. For example the port of Buenos Aires.
The sad thing is, this doesn't seem to be changing at all anytime soon, despite people brainwashed by the government saying that this is the best time ever for the country.
My philosophy to stay sane is avoid reading most of the common trend topics and most of the news, and just work hard hoping to have some financial security for the future (which is not an easy thing to achieve here)