Yeah, I’m from Germany and it’s happening here too.
The established parties (mainly die Grünen SPD, CDU/CSU and FDP) have been unable for decades to solve problems like decaying infrastructures, pensions, bureaucracy and taxes. They’re so disconnected from reality that they probably don’t even know what the normal citizen bothers and then with the big immigration waves starting in 2015 and the complete and utter failure in handling it gave rise to parties, mainly the AfD, who promised solutions for everything.
Also, we can not forget the influence Russia and China have on our politics. They want nothing more than Western powers in disarray and it gets widely ignored or dismissed.
Obviously, if you wanted an educated population you wouldn’t put them in debt for the rest of their lifes for getting it.
Also, your education system seems often to be ruled by the most ignorant and hateful people they could find.
Uneducated people are easy to control and influence, as you can see and the same shit is happening here too, maybe not to that extent but still.