Not setting intent to educate oneself about an issue is not the same as not caring about that issue if you were decently educated on it. My observation is that

Not setting intent to educate oneself about an issue is not the same as not caring about that issue if you were decently educated on it. My observation is that a good number of Americans are in a rush to go about their day-to-day activities and end up skimping on educating themselves on important topics that relate to their personal freedoms. Many may end up relying on the sound bites presented in the news to quickly arrive at an opinion on a given subject. I do think 'those in charge' here try to exploit this to their advantage. Just look at the outright fabrication of facts presented to us during elections and spread by our government officials during times of crisis. Nothing forms cognitive dissonance faster than being scared mindless by a hypothesized crisis and then presented with a 'solution' to preventing the crisis affecting you by having it spoon fed to you via a 30 second news bite. Nothing to see here...move along. If anyone is to blame, it's the press here.