Single individuals involved in local politics begins the process of change in a small group, which can beget change in a larger group. Better to be involved an

Single individuals involved in local politics begins the process of change in a small group, which can beget change in a larger group. Better to be involved and work towards the change you want to see, than to throw your hands up and despair over the "broken political system of our western psuedo-democratic nations". That's the point of democracies - they only work when people effectively engage. Most people don't, but that's not a failure of democracy, it's a failure of society. History is rife with examples of single individuals and small groups who made massive change over time. The American civil rights movement, the Indian independence movement, the anti-Apartheid movement in South Afica... You can work to make change and then bemoan anything you want, but if you choose not to engage, your words lack authenticity and merit.