Of course.

The situationists have long asked the question of "Why don't people listen to revolutionary movements?"

The answer is that people have a protective mechanism against BS in the media -- a kind of radical disengagement that keeps TV preachers and other demagogues from being much more dangerous than they are.

People aren't offered a story that makes sense; the average person certainly doesn't have a coherent criticism of Wall Street, but, given no framework that works, they just live for the day.