I think it is not mere apathy but learned apathy. There is no way for the people to know who to hold accountable. The political structure is a mess. It's not even googleable.
In addition, most people don't know that they need to constantly harass their representative to get things done.
Lastly, after many decades of political decay, most rich people only clean up their high rise societies. No one fights for public streets.
That's why there are few traffic lights, no lanes on streets, no crosswalks, ruthless traffic etc. People need up-to-date websites with contact details of elected representatives so that the representatives can be spammed to death about their inaction.
I think it is not mere apathy but learned apathy. There is no way for the people to know who to hold accountable. The political structure is a mess. It's not even googleable.
In addition, most people don't know that they need to constantly harass their representative to get things done.
Lastly, after many decades of political decay, most rich people only clean up their high rise societies. No one fights for public streets.
That's why there are few traffic lights, no lanes on streets, no crosswalks, ruthless traffic etc. People need up-to-date websites with contact details of elected representatives so that the representatives can be spammed to death about their inaction.