I often think it almost the opposite case. I think too many people are focused on their own little world, and that of their 'tribe'; those who think and act as they themselves do. There is no room in their universe for tolerance outside of the parochial limits of their existence and they are seemingly unable to extend compassion and understanding beyond their self-imposed circle of comfort and (questionable) influence.

This country was built on (read, conquered by) "rugged individualism", which essentially means/meant every man for himself. It seems that the only times we have ever been able to come together and act in accord to common ends, ultimately involved warfare of some sort; and those times proved a boon for the weapons makers and logistics suppliers, whose self-interests were inevitably well served.

We all come into our locus of interface and we come into what we focus on, depending on our calling in life, and what our typological limitations allow. We're all different ability levels, and flavors of people and such things a huge role in what we perform, and on the greater scale, this is where the workings of the unchecked masses come from.

These savage people who are any of the qualities of , cruel, and criminal behave the way they do because they're any of the qualities of corrupt, wretched, diseased creatures and exist to create work, and live a partial existence to foil the existence of the higher castes. With time, the ranks of these cretinous people of the untouchable castes should gradually thin out.

It’s too dark inside.

You ask too many hard questions.

It's easier for people to just live like they always have than to try to change things. There will always be liars and lazy people, and people that do any kind of awfulness you can name. I don't know why, but it's the way it is. We can just hope that there are enough people that try to do good to outweigh the others.

Ego. Their id. They can't fathom that in all likelihood consciousness simply ends.
Religions declare better awaits, as if to say life will suck, kind of a self fulfilling prophesy many succumb to. So they pin hopes on the idea they'll experience better later, playing 'what if'.
I don't think there is a later. I've seen nor heard any plausible reason why there would, should, or could be. The best they have is 'you just wait til you're dead".
Wull. Ok. I will.
And playing what if....well.....once that door is open anything goes.
I have faith my toaster will one day walk up to 7-11 and buy me a Pepsi ( Just a Pepsi... ) and you can't prove it won't.
Hence religion.
But fret not....
Our ability to think in abstracts exceeds our ability to fully realize those thoughts.
Evolution is painfully slow. Humanity may get beyond the religion paradigm but it won't be in our short lifespan. And, when they do they'll dream beyond it - just like we do.
So have some coffee.
The toaster loves you.