Most people around me have at least heard of bitcoin, and some of them have some sh$tcoins. So the seed is there. It just takes some people a bit longer than others.
Still feels like a long way off though even with the whole US political attention. Small businesses are probably too busy to learn all the intricacies of lightning. Then the masses might need to go through a hodling phase.
Yeah, its a long way out but we're moving in that direction.