Every heartwarming human interest story in america is like "he raised $20,000 to keep 200 orphans from being crushed in the orphan-crushing machine" and then never asks why an orphan-crushing machine exists or why you'd need to pay to prevent it from being used.
— Anosognosiogenesis (@pookleblinky) September 25, 2020
People have real trouble believing any already-existing sytem could be any different than it is. And of course those who heartily benefit from such a system encourage and produce loads of propaganda promoting such beliefs.