i will plain simple on this one, most people everywhere don't give a shit about politics, they all assume politicians are like overpaid lawyers, because most of them are just that, what people want is money and someone to share quality time, but sadly we always have individuals who have big political dreams, neoliberalism asumed the system was now on auto and they could focus on finally editing the human soul into their own ideal of programmed perfection, hence all their focus on identity (what is identity but mass programming). they didn't understand there is never an autopilot, the only way to stay on top is to keep fighting, the moment clinton tried to play the peace dealer all our woes were sown, being chummie with russians, ignoring the boiler that was mena, thinking china could become an open society, it all cane back to bite the entirety of the species, covid outbreak hidden by china until it has already spread due face saving, bin laden using saudie money to ruin western-arab relations forever, russia being left to believe they aren't nothing but a larger venezuela and starting all these wars to try to rebuild the russian empire. call it patriarchy, but you need a stick as much as a carrot and in this age this is the responsibility of the us, a and no, it isn't altruism, it's common sense, none of us enemies will forgive or stop even if us naively attempts to desentangle itself from its hegemonic role.
Peru