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Because the average citizen does not take an active enough roll in government.That effect has compounded over time to put us in current situation. Also this is

• joepvd 10y ago
  Let's reword your statement: > Because the average employee does not take an active enough role in management decisions. Think on the politics that are closer most people in their day-to-day lives, at the workplace, active engagement with general policy is disencouraged and might be dangerous. Meaning, most people refrain from engagement with "management material." Being trained like this, it naturally extends to governmental politics.
• Stillrigged777 10y ago
  costs go up, wages go down, vacation benefits are almost non-existent, so you have to work more to survive. when do you educate yourself on these issues sufficiently? when do you go out and participate? the problems are not secret. they're well discussed in academic circles, for decades, even longer, since the beginning of "capitalism" itself. this particular "well if the people actually did some thing about it!" is one of the oldest. what are they supposed to do in a society that largely tells contrarians to stop behaving like they're special and do their job?