I’m not a defeatist, I’m not under the delusion that a system that’s operating exactly as designed can be changed.

Then you are merely ignorant to the many changes the system has undergone or live in such a bubble you cant recognize the changes that don’t slap you in the face.

Voters have zero leverage to make or force change.

Massive false equivalence/bothsiderism detected.

You’ve helped train them to know they can do anything they want with no consequences.

You don’t actually want to help, so you come up with excuses to do nothing while feeling better than those who do because your ideas all start with someone else moving first.