I don’t think “everybody” knows what is happening. A good half of them worry about Kimye and couldn’t name the VP or a Senator if you put a gun to their head.
You’re right. Half a century of liberals running the education system has turned us into a country of morons. There are still some of us more seasoned citizens who have a clue, but by and large, it’s Bread and Circuses (aka Kardashians and Reality Shows) for the great unwashed masses.
The really amazing thing to me: Because the United States had been the global economic leader for over a century, the populace still feels entitled to the high living standards enjoyed by previous generations. The current crop is too dumb to realize that those standards were earned by DINT of hard work, education, and sacrifice, along with delayed gratification. Those concepts are foreign to most young people, and all democrats.