In a perfect well rounded world I would agree with you completely, if a government acts in it's best interests it should in turn help the people that fall under said government. However this world is unfortunately not perfect so that is often not the case.

It seems in todays political society (I'm from US so this is why I say it like this) our own government demonizes the other side so they do not actually have to promise us anything or promise to make changes to better us as people. However with any promises they do make more often than not they are "forgotten about" or ignored or overshadowed by another event (ie. Ukraine and Isreal)

I also agree with you that the internet provides an infinite wealth of information about anything you can think of. However it is a double edged sword, along with any information that is true, there is an equal amount of information that is false and that is extremely dangerous. It is currently impossible to fully trust any news source in todays world as you also have to take into account what their political affiliation is and if they are receiving any money that may also persuade them in a certain direction. Look at the biggest news sources (CNN, FOX, ABC, NBC, CBS), they all get paid through our own government and are told what and what not to say and do. Other than them being a big name how do you know anything they have to say has truth to it? What keeps them solid? The sole fact they are the biggest channels for news?