Wasn't this community clear enough of the benefits of Bitcoin? Are these Americans (not all of them obviously) this ignorant?
Keep in mind that people explaining things are ignorant as well. Sometimes it's hard to explain things in such a way that others will see them in the same light. When I try to explain cryptos I get met with blank stares or "oh, imaginary money." Nobody wants to believe that the cash we use right now is also basically digital (in that there is more debt than there is money). And others want to know exactly how it works, and then as soon as you start to explain they give up because it's too difficult to explain the hashing procedures and such.