People just greed. They are used to complain that their government is corrupted (doesn't actually matter where you live). And at the same time they just don't pay any attention to the services they get in turn (police, medicine, transport, roads other infrustructure)
Let's say I put a gun to your head, rob you and then bought paint for 1/3 of that money and painted your door(wich by the way you didn't need at all) the other day. Will that justify my actions?