First off let me say I have no idea how you people make minimum wage and survive. I work in Texas and make $19.50/hour and work overtime and struggle to support my family. Over 50% of my gross income goes towards my mortgage and I'm struggling not to go deeper into debt than I already am.
I know y'all know this already but USA is not the best country like the high middle class and up claim it to be. But, it definitely used to be around the 1960s. I'm not gonna act like I fully understand the economics of it but in lamen terms, a vast majority of us are getting more poor and as a result, our country is too.
Please take a look at this video (I know it's lengthy), as this man has been studying what's going on with the USA economy and shows you what is most likely to happen based on other countries who used to be leading world powers.
Thanks!
Edit: Okay, maybe you are anticapitalist, obviously I can't speak for everyone but if you watch the video and read his book, countries tend to sway far in the opposite direction after their country fails. So capitalist switch to comunist vice versa