It's clearly true that money has an outsize influence on governmental policy. It's also true that voters (people who actually vote; not just people who could vote) have a major influence. Older people, for example, tend to vote and as a result social security is considered to be a "third rail" of politics. Likewise medicare. Young people could have the same effect except that they tend to slack off on election day. An exception was when Obama ran and they had a substantial impact. They may have caused his emphasis on medical coverage even though it wasn't the medicare for all that the young would have preferred. I still like his one liner: "Don't complain; vote!" So, I don't dispute your point. I simply suggest that combatting its effect requires voting that has an impact.
It's clearly true that money has an outsize influence on governmental policy. It's also true that voters (people who actually vote; not just people who could vote) have a major influence. Older people, for example, tend to vote and as a result social security is considered to be a "third rail" of politics. Likewise medicare. Young people could have the same effect except that they tend to slack off on election day. An exception was when Obama ran and they had a substantial impact. They may have caused his emphasis on medical coverage even though it wasn't the medicare for all that the young would have preferred. I still like his one liner: "Don't complain; vote!" So, I don't dispute your point. I simply suggest that combatting its effect requires voting that has an impact.
Okay, I've ordered a Pokey.