In the USA the people are supposedly in control of the politics and law so we really need to be involved. There is no doubt we all have our own issues that press us daily and we need to get thru them but when we have time we need to be doing our part, at least here in the USA, to know what our part is and the history behind our part.
If not we end up with a bunch of people in government wanting to take away any rights and power the average person has and let government do what it wants.