First and foremost democracy needs government which is funded by the people, not other way around. In today's Belarus, this is not the case; in the near future,

First and foremost democracy needs government which is funded by the people, not other way around. In today's Belarus, this is not the case; in the near future, it will not be the case in most or all large Western societies simply due to technological reasons: automation will make most people unemployable and dependent on government handouts - either direct, in form of basic income guarantee, on concealed, through public of private "bullshit jobs", that create no economic value but exists just so these people can consume and keep the wheels of economy rolling. Have that, and democratic society with freedom of speech, and you get a self-eating monster machine that will destroy itself in less than a generation. Why does someone who has no chances to be self-reliant, vote responsibly? Especially if he is well-educated and well-informed, so he realises it.