When a democratic system lacks an enlightened citizenry, the electorate will more than likely be purchasable, and as a result, influencing majority decision is usually contingent on what a candidate is willing to pay or part with.
It may not satisfy meritocracy, that's for sure, but it is still democracy; at least until it relegates to kakistocracy (a government by the least competent but willing to do whatever it takes).
Now, for unbroken support, a kakistocracy has to remain liquid, and that’s why many soon give their integrity the slip, and the system becomes a kleptocracy (a system marked by inability to resist embezzlement).
See.... what was once a democracy became a kakistocracy, then a kleptocracy, but that’s not all, because a kleptocracy soon creates new men with new money, naturally paving a road for plutocracy, even perhaps to some aristocratic destination someday.
So, having a democracy is one thing, democratic continuity is another, and it requires everyone's participation in civic life, but not as blindly as it was during the dictatorship that enfeebled civics education in our schools yet gave us a 'notional' council for civic education.
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