Broken Americans?

Are American's a broken people? That's the question asked in the article to which I link below, and the answer is in the affirmative. The author thinks that's why we see so little active protest against the anti-people policies that have been coming out of Washington for quite some time.

http://www.alternet.org/politics/144529/are_americans_a_broken_people_why_we%27ve_stopped_fighting_back_against_the_forces_of_oppression