I think we need to write Websters a letter and petition to have the word "Apathy" changed to fit it's new common usage:
"A person so distracted that he chooses not to focus or take action."
Even the most active advocate can cross the line into the world of "Everything and everybody is so fucked up, why vote or try to change it?" Thereby, giving into their worst distracting demons. An over-informed populous, as demonstrated by the last 10 years of internets, can in some ways be MORE apathetic by way of being MORE distracted.
We need to get over the word apathy or at least change the definition.
Now cynicism is a different ball game. If you're a cynic, you might as well be eating wet canned dog foood.