It's not fair to evaluate the Kuwaitis long experience with democracy( when compared to other gulf states) over the endless debates that been going on the past few years. As you're much aware that among other gulf countries Kuwait have gave the Arab world many renowned figures and political activists. not to mention that they're more intellectual than others
When I wrote isolated, I meant metaphorically as Kuwaitis got caught on their own political parties issues and lost it's figure in a global scale. Kuwaitis now are divided between salafi, shi'as, & liberal candidates. And yet many of the votes are still tribal based.
I think they need to regain the people trust. Although I think many ordinary Kuwaitis are fed up now with the ummah council, Specially with recent load shedding and interruption of supply in wide areas of Kuwait the past few days . And the Kuwaiti government hinting that the reason for shortage of electricity is because of the parliament constant interference in infrastructure projects expenditure