Awareness requires a high level of security and you are going to see less of it in the United States which has low levels of security for people in terms of wages, job security, support from employers, quality education, affordable medical care i.e. the sort of things which remove levels of fear from people and give them time to indulge in things like self-awareness, instead of putting their energy into mere survival. To that degree the average American faces Third World issues in ways citizens in other developed nations do not.
Awareness requires a high level of security and you are going to see less of it in the United States which has low levels of security for people in terms of wages, job security, support from employers, quality education, affordable medical care i.e. the sort of things which remove levels of fear from people and give them time to indulge in things like self-awareness, instead of putting their energy into mere survival. To that degree the average American faces Third World issues in ways citizens in other developed nations do not.