If you live in a democracy, you show up. That can mean voting, attending local council meetings, and running for office.
Society is shaped by those who just simply show up, so show up if you want a say.
Society is shaped by those who just simply show up, so show up if you want a say.
Empirically, people who think the government has a duty to protect it's citizens from corporate raiding have not shown up to vote. The US has had 2 years of total democrat control during my entire life, plus a decade.
For the most part it's people who are politically apathetic, as if letting the choice be made by only the most rabid political fans is a better option than making your mild opinion known. Or they swear that "both sides are the same" despite Congressional votes not being secret and "both sides" being trivially not the same on many very important issues.
Elections have consequences. We got exactly what we voted for.
Nearly all of this happened before the citizens united decision.