I participated in a local campaign--a small town zoning issue--back in the 90s. It was the first and last time I took part in politics like that. We "won", but I realized by the election, that the system was completely stacked against individuals, even individuals who were organized into PACs or whatever.
The United States is organized by corporations for corporations. If you work in the corporate world, you realize how stupid and wasteful corporate entities actually are. They're a weird soulless phantom zone where ideas go to die and people go to partially die. I think they're basically patterned after royal navy ship hierarchy from the age of sail.
Anyway, they are ponderous things that organize life in the United States and much of the western world. If you want to "fight the system" and you do so on its own terms, you're doomed. The system is setup so all your efforts will be wasted. You're much better off adopting an asymmetric strategy that takes place in a different arena than the electoral system or the courts.
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