>I don't know how you break the cycle of cynicism and instill some civic responsibility in the average Joe You can't. >There's never going to be some external

>I don't know how you break the cycle of cynicism and instill some civic responsibility in the average Joe You can't. >There's never going to be some external savior who swoops in from the outside and magically makes things less corrupt That doesn't mean people aren't going to keep clinging to that joke of a hope. Look at Google Fiber! It's people getting excited that one huge corporation is going to save them from the other massive corporations. We read articles about how the tech giants are going to save us from the NSA (oh the hilarity of Google and Facebook being on that list). We all love Tesla because we cling to a hope Elon will save us from dealerships and "Big Auto". Lots of people buy organic in the hope it will save us from "Big Agro" and be healthier. We like reading about battery and alternative energy companies because it's gonna save us from "Big Oil". We like reading about the miracle cancer cure that "Big Pharma" has allegedly chosen to ignore for evil reasons. All of our media outlets have realized this trend and shifted to printing puff pieces about our favorite "saviors". At this point the average American has zero hope for real citizen motivated change, so we'll keep hoping for a savior that's never going to come right up until the second this ship crashes into the iceberg.