In Soviet Russia, the people are invited to completely ignore politics and focus on their daily lives (and are encouraged to by their abusive media putting them in a constant state of distress when they try to even follow politics)
{Apathy to Soviet politics} demonstrated the exclusion of the {socialist} system to its citizen; {increased local involvement} meant only that the leaders were attempting to {co-opt} a {restless} population{'s demands} and so maintain a firmer hold over them.
In Soviet Russia, the people are invited to completely ignore politics and focus on their daily lives (and are encouraged to by their abusive media putting them in a constant state of distress when they try to even follow politics)
In Parenti style, this would be