The system is democratic until people start taking democracy for granted.
Every iteration Americans find a way to vote for more authoritarianism under a the guise of a superior issue. Let's ignore that a vast population is not allowed to vote. Even of those who remain, roughly only %30 of them actually determine who performs the "democracy". That's also ignoring the possibility of the numbers being embellished and unverifiable from an individual's inquiry. The presumption that democracy existed is a fallacy.
"But the system interprets it as you bending over a barrel and saying, 'I'm gonna close my eyes now, you do whatever you want to me.'"
Voting for your favorite rapist isn't going to command any respect from said rapist. Likely, it'll only validate and amplify their contempt of you.
Yet you seem quite involved in them personally.
Please explain how and the effect that it has on the point being given. It looks like a weak deflection. You want to blame people who don't vote. You want to blame other countries. You take no accountability as you empower more tyranny and more welfare, and then have the audacity to blame those who aren't participating when your quality of life declines. You are literally voting for a superficial life and getting paid in full. I agree that talking about politics is some form of involvement, much like having eyes and being capable of expressing an opinion is. Also, much like not voting is some form of involvement.
“The major problem—
one of the major problems, for there are several—one of the many major problems with governing people is that of whom you get to do it; or rather of who manages to get people to let them do it to them.
To summarize: it is a well-known fact that those people who must
want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it.
To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.”