Forces have combined to marginalize, divide, crush and ultimately destroy the human spirit. Assaults are best evident in America where a semblance of free will has continued to operate in spite of government crackdowns.
Other countries have not experienced the full scope of liberty that was unleashed in the United States' founding documents because their feudalistic behavior was never eradicated. Attempts to copy the American template of citizen sovereignty went part way, leaving the underlying class structure undisturbed.