'cause they're dumb
countries are run practically by "legal" mobs
plus people are just too docile and too easily distracted by infraction distraction.

There is a saying: "we need the eligible, not the capable"
basically any job that can be fixed (any job in institutions that are not private firms like: municipal, school, infirmary, hospital) is obtained through political membership card and any position that can weight influemce can only go to sheeple. (from principals, police cheifs, heads of non-governmental organizations, etc.)

So other people just lost interest in politics. So now politicians and government are not selected by people but sheeple.