Though people may want to really believe that the United States is a country of meritocracy, of egalitarianism, of opportunity, of freedom, of liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, the reality of what it really is, does not match that very pretty picture. In fact, as in many nations, there most definitely is a pronounced hierarchy to America, as well as the consistent enforcement of that social order. As important as that hierarchy is, and that hierarchy is very important to those that are its elites, they strongly prefer that their hierarchical business be business that need not be advertised. On the other hand, social order is all about intimidation, threats, fear, incarceration, pain, punishment, and the overwhelming powerful authority asserting itself in a manner in which it does not relent from ever taking its boot off of the necks of those that need to know their place.
After all, when there are millions upon millions of Americans that really don't have much of a future, and live in conditions that are unsafe, unhealthy, and oppressive, then that underclass is typically going to display its unease in a manner in which they can throw off their chains, for those that have nothing to lose, have in theory, everything to gain. It so follows that one might think that a more reasonable and reasoned response by those at the pinnacle of that hierarchy might be to provide a better environment with some degree of fairness as well as opportunity, for those of that underclass; but in consideration that the infiltration and compromise of such, as well as the fact that those that march to the elites orders are seemingly only too happy to obey and to enforce the rules, precludes a more humane response. That is to say, why change, what doesn't need to change; especially as fear and thereby the need for social order, is a song that plays surprisingly well to the middle class of America, and as long as that middle class continues to believe that their security trumps their own Constitutional rights, then the battle has essentially already been fought and won.
For all those that are connected to the elite and/or are part of the right social circles, all is absolutely well within America, for they literally have the best of the best, with a minimal taxation obligation, and they fully appreciate that they are properly respected and competently defended at all times. So too, those that have enough to put together a semblance of a decent and good life are pretty much okay with what is happening, as long as they are safe, fed, religiously free, and have their entertainment of choice. So it remains open season on all those enclaves of poverty, abandonment, and hopelessness, in which the objective of the exercise is as simple as the desire of those elites to manipulate and to exploit those impoverished people to keep knowing their place and to thereby perform their service, as underpaid and exploited serfs to those that are essentially their masters. Those then that continue to fail to learn their lesson will pay in blood, and those that have learned their lessons, will continue to get what they get, but never enough to develop that necessary velocity to ever get away.