Really? Then you haven't been following Boehner and McConnell and their intolerance of the TEA Party. Cry-baby Boehner fired some from committees because they wouldn't go along to get along. He is as DC elite as can be and pretty much controls the GOP. There is no taming the "quislings". They exist only to politically exist.
After some 60 years on this rock, I've come to realize that it takes a special kind of over-sized ego to want to be a politician. That includes the lowliest city council member to the White House. These people are no longer about serving, they are about control for the betterment of our society as they see it.
They actually believe they have the answers for the failings of human characteristics. They believe they can change human behavior and are the saviors of mankind. They truly are about control. Think about your own education board or city council member, and ask yourself why do they want that political position?
Civil servants are no longer servants. They are about control; they are The Matrix!
I can’t fault your logic. I really can’t. You’re 1000% right.
What I suggest may very well be a fool’s errand.
HOWEVER—
I don’t think it would hurt anything to try. Who knows ? Perhaps we’ll succeed.