I think the Americans did the same thing here first, after the election when they raided the White House. They obviously didn’t want the budding communism in the USA to get any worse. You could also say all those riots and burning that went on was also related to declining living standards.
If they were happy prosperous people they wouldn’t do those things and blame the cops instead of lagging wages. Middle class today is $200k/year. Minimum wage should be about $60k/yr or $40/hour to equate with the pre 1970 era.
With all the empty retail stores we see, its obvious that Americans are not spending like they used to, not buying as much from other third world countries that must have started going backwards too.