Make no mistake, human nature plays a big part in this but there are other forces afoot. There are those that want to turn this country into a socialist haven and to do that all organizations have to go, including religious organizations and the majority (Us 70% Christian) need to be made to feel unworthy.
The divide between the races, genders and classes have to be magnified to create the illusion of chaos. Then and only then will the conditions be right for a new political order.
More info on conditions to create political change....
10 Planks of the Communist Manifesto
Nikita Kruschev’s Commie edict, “We will take you over without firing a shot.”.
1. Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes.
2. A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.
3. Abolition of all right of inheritance.
4. Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.
5. Centralization of credit in the hands of the State, by means of a national bank with State capital and an exclusive monopoly.
6. Centralization of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the State.
7. Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the State; the bringing into cultivation of waste-lands, and the improvement of the soil generally in accordance with a common plan.
8. Equal liability of all to labour. Establishment of industrial armies, especially for agriculture.
9. Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries; gradual abolition of the distinction between town and country, by a more equable distribution of the population over the country.
10. Free education for all children in public schools. Abolition of children's factory labour in its present form. Combination of education with industrial production.
According to the Communist Manifesto, all these were prior conditions for a transition from capitalism to communism
And if all else fails, just go for the tried and true standard, known as the Redneck Joke.