True, and a direct result of schools no longer teaching civics and government at the junior and senior high levels. I used to work with a large number of extremely intelligent techies, most with master's and many with doctorates. They were abysmally ignorant of government processes. A lawyer in our crowd would routinely teach classes in the basics and start with the famous Schoolhouse Rock video I'm Just a Bill. I sat in on several sessions and most of the class was amazed. And this was in the DC suburbs where we were surrounded by THE GUMMINT!a majority of Americans have little to no understanding of how our government works, or at least is supposed to work.