I was a lobbyist, this is absolutely true. Politicians and lobbyists laugh at how stupid Americans (collectively) are. Politicians are not going to do “the right thing “. They are influenced by two things.
1) Political contributions
2) Those who organize and become a pain in the ass

Sitting on your ass on social media is not good enough. Especially if you treat the whole political process as a wrestling match where you simply support for your team and feel important. only way to solve this problem is for citizens to get more involved, or support an NGO or and organization does it for them.

Just last night I said to my comedian friend, I wish George Carlin were around, I would love to hear what he has to say. My phone must be sniffing me.