Another theory to explain the lack of detail in that memory is that people generally are still holding onto their lat shreds of “that’s a pretty big deal, and it’s been made public. There’s gotta be someone out there taking care of that. I can’t even afford a new jeep, so I really can’t afford to spare a fuck.” In an advanced nation, why wouldn’t you assume something this insane is being taken care of, once it’s been made public.
We also have a weird dual-reality where half the news is showing us that things are unregulated, and that businesses are being allowed to cut corners in very sneaky ways even if the results are disastrous, and a much louder half shouting at us quite loudly about a “nanny state” that is protecting us from everything and that the market will take care of things like this by itself. It makes it a little difficult to place where we are in the “things are being taken care of” spectrum…
