I don't think they really want it; it's not spiritually nurturing, and the fact they are addicted to it is linked to the demise of the social bonds that previously made for a more culturally homogeneous group, at least on the biggest issues.
We could address the those issues (urban/rural divide, failure of the economy to sufficiently deliver happiness, increasing inequality, dehumanization in the face of technology, even a decline in church attendance or support for alternative lifestyles if you want to validate conservative critiques), but the one that touches or has infected everything is social media.
I listened to about 10 minutes of Pod Save America this morning as the boys decried violence and called out hypocrisy on the right, but they kept ignoring the elephant in the room--if we can't unite around some basic shared truths (like dishonesty is disqualifying, or that evidence based decisions should prevail in conflict resolution), you can't govern except by fiat.
This is getting wildly off-track from enjoying the dildo of consequences, but personally I'd have a lot more fun laughing at the harsher ironies if I felt like Democratic leadership were prepared to actually deal with the big problem and not live in a fantasy land in which too many voters reject enlightenment.