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And don't worry about not understanding this stuff either.
Yes I agree, I'm not trying to be an expert on such things, I understand people will study this stuff for years and then work with it and so on... But I think we(as in the general public) should try to gain a slight understanding of what these gits on the news and YouTube channels are rambling about so we can spot a charlatan at least. And it is interesting stuff.

All of the basic stuff you need to know to work out how governments, economies and the world works is very simple indeed. The only complicated issue is international trade which is ridiculously complex with all the related issues but luckily there's a simple solution for western people that takes about five minutes to understand.

The biggest disappointment is the total failure of the media to inform the public about these things. The problem is nobody gives a shit about facts, getting some dusty professor on the telly to explain these things doesn't get ratings and ratings is what it's all about. So news and current affairs programmes go for idiots screaming at each other or outrage merchants or corporate droids mouthing garbage. If the public spent whatever little or big amount of time they spend watching/listening to news and current affairs watching and listening to just simple easy to understand easy to broadcast factual stuff the average citizen would be ten thousand times more informed than they actually are.