Actually, in democracies, people do get out and vote and change rulers when they can be made to care sufficiently. In India where I live, I've seen time and ag

Actually, in democracies, people do get out and vote and change rulers when they can be made to care sufficiently. In India where I live, I've seen time and again how state politicians who seemingly have the administration locked up, voters intimidated through outright thuggery, bribed with cash & liqor etc nevertheless go out and vote them out if only the opposition puts up a credible and trustworthy alternative who holds out a vision of improvement. Given the amount of voting booth capturing and thuggery going on, I used to be skeptical about the democratic process but have seen time amd again that in such situations when the opposition is able to put up a credible leader, nothing the incumbents can do can save them. Kind of like Obama did in the US 8 years back.