Because they are all in on the progress narrative and angry that they're aren't getting their share, and voting for whoever tells the most comforting lies. It's only after the leopard feasts that they realise they were duped, but they believe the next charlatan most of the time. In the US "both" sides of the political spectrum are corrupt, same for us here with #LibLab, but we do at least have preferential voting which allows protest votes to actually work a bit of they're for minor parties. It's down to if the person voting is scared enough about the prospect of sharing a smaller pie. The "woke" folks realise the game, & that the colonists / capitalists are coming for everyone.