Because, sadly, we are spineless cowards, used to a certain... "standard of living" (lololol), and my fellow countrymen would do anything to preserve the status quo, and their precious personal wealth (real estate. It's literally all just real estate and shares.), even if it means losing every single freedom they took for granted, prior to all this...
Too much trust in the government. Too little ideological diversity, and too much "ethnic diversity". Too many immigrants from "conformist" societies, like India, China, The Middle East, (and arguably the UK), etc...
And a national image that is based on a myth that hasn't been true for at least 30-40 years (tough, rugged, bush-bred individualism, and self-sufficiency).
Oh, and a complete lack of media diversity, and a government that is willing to literally pay the media companies to publish literal propaganda, as you say.
That should be a starting point for you, in attempting to, at least partially, answer your question... :-/
Because, sadly, we are spineless cowards, used to a certain... "standard of living" (lololol), and my fellow countrymen would do anything to preserve the status quo, and their precious personal wealth (real estate. It's literally all just real estate and shares.), even if it means losing every single freedom they took for granted, prior to all this...
Too much trust in the government. Too little ideological diversity, and too much "ethnic diversity". Too many immigrants from "conformist" societies, like India, China, The Middle East, (and arguably the UK), etc...
And a national image that is based on a myth that hasn't been true for at least 30-40 years (tough, rugged, bush-bred individualism, and self-sufficiency).
Oh, and a complete lack of media diversity, and a government that is willing to literally pay the media companies to publish literal propaganda, as you say.
That should be a starting point for you, in attempting to, at least partially, answer your question... :-/