I will take it as read that you understand what apathy means and simply say the old adage of, if you don't like something then use your vote to change it, no longer applies to the vast majority of citizens of countries around the world.
A major reason for me coming here was the state of the UK after the Blair/Brown years and it was obvious no matter what political party you were aligned to nothing would really change, just a never ending cycle of chancer MP's feeding from the trough and doing nothing to improve their citizens lives.
And thats pretty much true of most of the world unfortunately, just look at the options the American and British people have had to vote for in the previous decade.
My old Tory voting nan would be turning in her grave, god bless her.
Apologies rant over, it's been a piss poor Friday!