How are things over in France?

Everyone is shaped by where they live, and voting without a stake is an old complaint in political economy. Still, the same logic cuts at local majorities too. Rent control, zoning, school districting and pension promises all decide how strangers must live, and those are the fights most people avoid...

Your dichotomy is a cope. The "unpaid" tribe is more dangerous than the paid ones. You mistake apathy for loyalty. The system thrives on believing its subjects are merely entertained by the circus, not actually running it.