At a higher meta US-political level, this is probably the best criticism of the Left: "all talk without the required hard change- so that to gain power/status."

At a higher meta US-political level, this is probably the best criticism of the Left: "all talk without the required hard change- so that to gain power/status." ...and of the Right: "rooting into a comfortable position to deflect, avoid, blame, deny the responsibility to solve structural issues, in order to capitalize on existing power." Until we can remove the power incentives and 'take money out of politics', it'll be an extremely uphill problem to address large systematic changes on either sides. More than ever, people should stop treating people in government as celebrities, but as they are, important civil servants of the people to do the tasks that their job demands. Until then, it's a dog and pony show. Even trying to remove the corrupt to "drain the swamp" will be as futile as draining grains of sand at the beach, if you do not first address your terrain (the structure).