alt Hacker News>>We suffer from a problem that engineers want nothing to do with politics.
More on point, we suffer from a problem that far too many people of all walks of life want nothing to do with politics.
Plato made the most accurate point 2300 years ago: "The penalty for not being involved in politics is you will be ruled by your inferiors."
And, even though you may not be interested in politics, politics is ALWAYS interested in you.
It should be noted that Mein Kampf's first three chapters are pretty much a call for the common citizen to start becoming more interested - if not involved - in his local politics. I am of the opinion that this is the reason that the book was banned. The antisemitism in the book is far more restrained than I was expecting. But the call to hold politicians accountable to the people - that was a surprise.