Oh my god YES, the cynicism in politics and about the process is the quickest, surest way to guarantee that the people who hold those attitudes will be proven right.<p>&quot;Those politicians are all the same, there&#x27;s no point in voting or being politically active, it&#x27;s all going to hell, etc.&quot;<p>It&#x27;s so not true, and it&#x27;s just the kind of disempowering disregard for one&#x27;s own agency that anyone who&#x27;s greedy for power would love to hear.  Man, when I hear that shit now, I just want to shake those people and say, &quot;YOU&#x27;RE THE PROBLEM!!&quot;<p>You&#x27;re right, it is a continual fight.  It never ends.  There&#x27;s no final set of laws or behaviors we&#x27;re going for.  The process is what matters.