Freedom is riskier than bondage.
The disruptive modernization processes in the affluent West, the migration movements, the reorganization of the worlds of life force societies into acid tests.
In the USA, society has long diverged.
The fact that a blatant outsider like Donald Trump (no matter how sensible in terms of foreign and economic policy) could become a presidential candidate and then clearly win against Hillary Clinton, who was considered certain, marked a rift that has not become smaller since then.