But social mores are dictated by the government via regulators and the education departments; they decide what gets shown on media and what gets approved to air.
Only a decade ago homosexuality was openly mocked on US media and ppl coming out was still a big thing despite the political correctness of the 90s; if i recall, this was humorously demonstrated in the first 21 Jump St film- or how you could mock someone and say "that's so gay!!" even as recent as 2010.
You can't do the anymore because the social mores have changed thanks to the regulators and media who are themselves dictated by the USG Elites. You're really not as free as you think.
Exactly, there's a positive portrayal and marketing image of US life that is geared for the outside and/or to keep the population docile and safe not unlike say Bollywood films that always show a upper middle class life whilst the rest of india is mired in poverty and slums.
What's changed these past few years is really the culmination of all those years of US government waste and excesses of its Elites going as far back as 2008 with the GFC when the US Elites were bailed out but the american ppl were stiffed;
Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/ar...merica/616581/AMERICA IS HAVING A MORAL CONVULSIONLevels of trust in this country—in our institutions, in our politics, and in one another—are in precipitous decline. And when social trust collapses, nations fail. Can we get it back before it’s too late?
Small wonder so many Americans were prepared to storm the capitol on Jan. 6th