My hope was to show that any chance of "fighting corruption" is a sham and clearly a smoke-and-mirrors act used to distract from the high-level looting that is

My hope was to show that any chance of "fighting corruption" is a sham and clearly a smoke-and-mirrors act used to distract from the high-level looting that is taking place. You'll notice that the OP edited their post to reflect this so obviously it had some impact beyond virtue signaling. Personally, I found the comment to be incredibly unthoughtful, as they just posted the "nice" things that they teach you in politics 101 to put on your platform so that people will look at those and think "hey it's not so bad." I work in politics, I've lived in DC for twenty years, I've seen this exact scenario play out in the Bush years ("He has some good ideas! We can support those at least, right?") and we all know how that turned out for this country. Undue optimism and shallow political thinking doesn't exactly make for a "challenging" post. Between being part of a "screaming mob" and standing by saying nothing as horror unfolds before us, I'll add my voice to the choir.