And most people don't track how their representatives vote on each issue, especially on issues that don't get much press coverage so it's easy to pacify corpora

And most people don't track how their representatives vote on each issue, especially on issues that don't get much press coverage so it's easy to pacify corporate lobbyists in this type of legislation. You are right, changing the system from within probably won't happen so you need an external solution. That is what this proposal is -- an external solution that can be implemented regardless of what Congress does.