>My other gripe with this article is that it concludes it's the people's responsibility to change the way government is functioning, but if it can't be done through voting, what does the author expect them to do, short of a rebellion?
Two other options that are available to average citizenry are protest, strikes and sabotage (the latter two are possible only if you are directly involved - which a lot of people are).
These are, in fact, how most large social changes that benefit the people come about. Not through voting.
We got the right to vote, the civil rights act, social security, medicare, the weekend, the formation of the middle classes and most other goodies this way.
Two other options that are available to average citizenry are protest, strikes and sabotage (the latter two are possible only if you are directly involved - which a lot of people are).
These are, in fact, how most large social changes that benefit the people come about. Not through voting.
We got the right to vote, the civil rights act, social security, medicare, the weekend, the formation of the middle classes and most other goodies this way.