"Basically, folks don't care." Yeah. The same was true in Nazi Germany in the 30's. Nothing is as stubborn as sheer conventionality, convenience, myopic self-interest, and the force of habit.

"Give me convenience or give me death!"

A population that is more interested in watching "Survivor" or "American Idol" than in reading and understanding history is a population that is pretty much beyond help. They will be very surprised when it all ends...which it won't for quite some time yet, I expect. The GREAT DISILLUSIONMENT is yet to come.