Unfortunately most people really do not need or want to know what the government is doing, and they are forced by proxy into a civic position. Democracy is not bad but universal voting is a disaster in the 21st century when you don't have a monopoly on information
Met an honest to God normie-lib yesterday, reaffirmed my belief that democracy is bad because he clearly does not want to grapple with topics like "crime" or "optimal taxation".
Democracy is horrible, the voters suffer so much... it pains me to see them forced to think about these topics.