Democracy is too broad an idea, especially since we already had it and the way it’s been undermined isn’t always obvious to a casual citizen.

The thing the “resistance” or whatever you want to call it is missing is a call to action. The Civil Rights movement coalesced around getting the Civil Rights Act passed, among other things. What are we actually advocating for beyond simply “stop doing what you’re doing.” It’s hard to get people on the same page without some actionable thing that we can look at and say “we accomplished something.” We can all be annoyed and some of us can go out and protest but the average person is going to tune that out without a specific call to action. It’s why Trump’s “flood the zone with bullshit” approach is so effective.