One of the tenants the Founding Fathers had when they drew up the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and then defined their documents and what they meant with the "Federalist Papers", assuming that the population of this country would be at least as literate and concerned as were the citizens of that time . .
We're not! Not even close anymore. Few people understand how any part of the government works or even how the selection/election process works, and quite a few who assume they do aren't generally aware of any of the issues facing the government everyday or what is needed to change them. And that goes for both sides, both the Progressives and the Conservatives.