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I think the problem ist accepting that people don't want to understand or be informed about a thing that their life depends on.
Everything gets more technical so there has to be a basic understanding how things work or else you are fucked in one way or the other.
If you walk on the streets you don't have to know the max speed on a highway but you need to know how traffic lights work or you get run over.