VDH: “…Or is their thinking that a rich society can cover for their crimes without their crimes’ ever much affecting them…”

Is that even a question? Of course they think that way.
A good third or more of our country wants a big fat goose for dinner RIGHT NOW, and doesn’t care if it has been laying golden eggs.
They’re all devolving like children of broken marriages; spoiled and undisciplined.
Worse times are coming soon.