You haven't really answered the question of how to make a difference. What does "push for changes" mean? That's not actionable advice. > If you can't think of

You haven't really answered the question of how to make a difference. What does "push for changes" mean? That's not actionable advice. > If you can't think of any things that government could be doing better that aren't already well-publicized and politicized, consider that you may not actually be more politically informed than the average voter, and the way we collect preferences from voters with average levels of insight into government systems is called "voting" What does that even mean? Most of the most important issues are well-publicized and politicized, yet we don't see any changes. You're basically just saying to vote - which most people rightfully don't feel makes any major difference. Any layman can think of a million things the government could be doing better - for example making online tax returns prepopulated with information the government already has on your income isn't exactly rocket science and most other countries already do it. The problem isn't lack of knowledge, it's that nothing really gets done. Also, the tone of your paragraph just reeks of arrogance (translation: "you're probably not 'politically informed' enough (whatever that means) to have anything useful to contribute, so just vote"). > In terms of how to push for changes in terms of concrete actions, write an actual physical letter to your congress person. I've actually written to my Congressmen before, never once got a response. And if in 2020 we need to resort to snail mail to get our representative's ear, well that's just sad. The fundamental problem is our representative democracy and two-party system, both of which severely limit the impact that any individual can make and gives exorbitant power to the establishment. If voting for Democrat/Republican every couple years is the only influence any individual can make, then it's no surprise why most Americans don't feel like their government is representing them and we have Trump (who lost the popular vote btw) and his children in the White House. If we were to move to a system more resembling direct democracy, then individuals could actively participate in governing themselves instead of being beholden to elected officials in their gerrymandered districts. Representative democracy made sense in 1776 when men were riding around on horseback and direct democracy was not really physically possible at a federal level, but with today's technology we could easily implement something like liquid democracy [1] Or if we want to stick to electing representatives, at the very least we need to adopt ranked voting so that we can have more than just two political parties in our government (right now third party votes are "wasted" and only help the opposition). But yea I guess I can just vote and accept the charade that is our government. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_democracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_democracy