It's not like those politicians are going to listen to the people in their city council meetings either. Local politicians careers are going to get made off of

It's not like those politicians are going to listen to the people in their city council meetings either. Local politicians careers are going to get made off of whether they get the deal not to count the money at stake. I've been slowly coming to the conclusion that all our methods of peaceful protest are basically no longer working, the people in power have effectively cut us off from influencing them without (1) a big chunk of money or (2) committing a crime (ie you must register protests in advance, you can't march anywhere unexpected, say, a politicians house, etc.)