In what way have you effected change in the government? In what ways have you seen those around you do so (you must have witnessed this, by your stated claims)?

In what way have you effected change in the government? In what ways have you seen those around you do so (you must have witnessed this, by your stated claims)? I was in the military, which is a different beast entirely, but worked constantly with fairly high level government employees. They always seemed powerless, and to have accepted that.