They've either been purged or know the consequences of speaking up. The main problem to me, is the growing disinterest and disillusion with democracy. People a

They've either been purged or know the consequences of speaking up. The main problem to me, is the growing disinterest and disillusion with democracy. People are retreating in their own bubbles of interest, in which talking about politics is a taboo. We are flooded with news showing the dismantling of systems we took for granted a decade ago. I am not saying that everyone should fight, or protest, or get involved in local politics. It's just that even the little effort/discomfort of talking politics, defending one's position (or even formulating a position), seems too much now. That is the death of democracy.