“...This should be obvious to most of us...”
“Should be” is a long way from “is”, my good brother SJB...
Many people who aren’t politically tuned in have zero clue as to what is happening to us. 15 second sound bites on the 6 o’clock news, delivered by a vapid, vacuous politically-correct bimbo trained to smile at the appropriate times, frown disparagingly at ANYTHING critical of Dear Leader, and laugh at whatever inane joke the equally frivolous co-host says - this is what passes for news, and what a lot of people hear every day.
Liberal, conservative, and all points in between... we are ALL being screwed over by this intrusion into our lives.
Sometimes I expect too much of people.....then I wake up, and drink coffee : )