People do lots of things in lack of better options. Some things are too big or complex for an individual to change themselves, and people choose the less bad op

People do lots of things in lack of better options. Some things are too big or complex for an individual to change themselves, and people choose the less bad option, and live with the unwanted consequences. But through democracy, they can elect politicians that can create laws to give authorities tools to assert leverage. This is what we see in action here.