I don't know where you're from, but that's one of the odd things about the US culture I'm from. We often can't imagine how to participate meaningly in the decis

I don't know where you're from, but that's one of the odd things about the US culture I'm from. We often can't imagine how to participate meaningly in the decisionmaking which rules our lives. (Aside from pushing a button for someone every few years or not buying something, which isn't serious participation.) So we're left with the hyperindividualist idea that we can only affect our measly personal purchasing decisions, while wealthy elites are deciding for us.