But too many of our societies are not like that, because they don’t allow people to be like that. They have become desperate, bitter arenas for self-preservation. Who has the room or energy or money or time to care about anyone — or anything — else in America, for example? Nobody much. 75% of Americans struggle to pay basic bills, and the average American dies in debt they’ve never been able to repay. They are poor people now, Americans — and poor people don’t often have the resources to care for anyone or anything else.