As seen in Y2K, spend money to fix a problem. If you are successful, the problem doesn't occur, the population listen to those who say "it wasn't really a prob

As seen in Y2K, spend money to fix a problem. If you are successful, the problem doesn't occur, the population listen to those who say "it wasn't really a problem in the first place", and mainstream populists adopt that position to win votes (regardless of their own thoughts). You don't get to play that card again If you aren't successful, the problem occurs anyway and you get accused of not caring Without Democracy those in charge wouldn't be concerned by trying to win the population over Without the ability for anyone to reach millions of people overnight people wouldn't be swayed en-mass by contrarians Often you're damned if you do, damned if you don't. We can see the same thing unfolding in the UK and US over covid19.