It is lack of awareness of theory and inability to understand it which is important not lack of caring which is essentially meaningless. No one who lacks understanding of economics can understand taxation.
Yeah! I know! The great unwashed is just plain STUPID and cannot understand anything without the aid of some elitist snob to explain it to them! That is, in fact, what has brought us to the point at which we find ourselves today!
Even the kid down on the corner, who has never seen an economics text book, knows that in order for him to make a profit he MUST sell his lemonade!