Economist Warren Mosler once met Al Gore and explained to him how the govt wasn't money restricted, and Gore understood and agreed, but said it would be impossible to sell to the voting public. He then got up and made a typical neoliberal speech. It's crazy. True story.
Politician knew the reality of current state of politics and the absolute disconnect that people even then had from reality? It is crazy, but we just never built the mechanism to make the led horse drink. People hold their right to ignorance and to punish any challenge to that closer then any other.