Social cohesion... like focusing on freedoms over responsibility?
Maybe the rest of what you wrote makes sense in some strange framework where money is more important than you think, but we have a different root cause...
"We are losing what could be called our societal immunity,” argued Dov Seidman, founder of the How Institute for Society. “Societal immunity is the capacity for people to come together, do hard things and look out for one another in the face of existential threats, like a pandemic, or serious challenges to the cornerstones of their political and economic systems, like the legitimacy of elections or peaceful transfer of power.”
But societal immunity “is a function of trust,” added Seidman. (Disclosure: Seidman is a donor to my wife’s museum, Planet Word.) “When trust in institutions, leaders and each other is high, people — in a crisis — are more willing to sublimate their cherished rights and demonstrate their sense of shared responsibilities toward others, even others they disagree with on important issues and even if it means making sacrifices.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/08/opinion/spotify-joe-rogan-covid-free-speech.html
P.s. I can't remember which poster put this up first, but it really is a great find, and I thank you for it