I'm still amazed by the level of ignorance among all kinds of Americans about the reality we face in the near future because of credit and currency expansion. And these are educated people too, even people with business degrees and such, yet they don't even know what "fiat" means. I guess I shouldn't be surprised by that, but with the access to information we have these days, not to mention these issues have become fairly mainstream because of high profile people like Ron Paul and Peter Schiff, it still boggles my mind. It's not like money printing is some new phenomena. It's happened over and over, and it never ends well.
I think Americans are largely conditioned to think things will work out okay, and the powers that be know what they're doing, and their standard of living will never change all that much. Or if it does, it'll be temporary until the next "recovery." That's not even mentioning the problems we're going to have with energy, particularly after the dollar can't buy shit for oil.
I try to clue people in when I can, or if they seem receptive. But, being Dr. Buzzkill or the guy who clears the room gets old. Most people just do not want to hear bad news.