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No, I think that's what OP's question is all about-- more than ever, many/most people DO need to stay informed to a baseline extent. That's because laws, policy and legal interpretation are changing hard and fast in the USA for example, and citizens who aren't informed can be critically blindsided. That may result in their jobs suddenly vanishing for no good reason, discrimination being ratcheted up against them, their rights suddenly eroding (as we saw in the wake of Roe vs. Wade being revoked), and/or they're now facing deportation or being held in a facility 'just because.' Or for example, many people depend on Medicare, Medicaid, the ACA and/or SSI to stay afloat, and those are all going to be cut down, evidently. So certainly, you'd want to be as prepared as possible for stuff like the above, while still retaining a healthy mindset.
Or for example, if you were in Great Britain and weren't paying attention to the Brexit background, you may have been part of (and directly affected by), the voting disaster enabling the plan to go through.