Actually, withdraw may be the last stage (or at least the most logical one). Public choice theory looks at this in depth. Essentially, if your vote doesn't real

Actually, withdraw may be the last stage (or at least the most logical one). Public choice theory looks at this in depth. Essentially, if your vote doesn't really matter (and statistically it almost never does), then understanding may be too much work with too little payoff. I would say that is why the founders thought limited government was best (although that seems to no longer actually be the case)