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In reply to the discussion: Is revolution the only way we can elicit change? [View all]Chathamization
(1,638 posts)too disengaged. If you had 10% of the population turning out for primaries, voting for progressives, and coordinating their votes you'd have a sudden transformation of the political scene. Or if you had something like 5% of the population spend a few hours a month on progressive activism. It actually would only take a small fraction of the population to make a big difference, but it's hard to even get that small percentage engaged.
Likewise with money in politics, it's mostly a problem because people will base who they vote for on television ads. Diminishing that kind of idiocy, or even having people vote for those who don't take corporate contributions or coordinate with outside PACs (some of that has been happening here), would make a big difference even if the system doesn't change.
Like I said, the current political system isn't too bad all things considered, but the big change has to be the overcoming of personal apathy and disengagement from the populace at large (as well as getting them to shut off the garbage media that poisons the landscape).