Many Americans do not think systematically about politics, society or the economy and are not likely to make connections between an apparently abstract concept like "democracy" and the specific issues they care about.

Well yeah, they lived through two years of Covid tyranny where they lost jobs, businesses, got placed under house arrest, and had precious years of their children's lives stolen from them. Their politicians killed the Keystone XL pipeline and restricted domestic drilling, driving up gas prices. Runaway spending and money printing from the Fed has caused record inflation, drastically increasing the cost of living for everyday Americans. Billions of their tax dollars are being used to prolong a proxy war in Ukraine while people struggle to make ends meet at home.

Now they're supposed to ignore all this for the abstract concept of 'democracy' which has clearly failed them. In addition to being extremely condescending, this author is clearly out of touch.