Maybe, but the more airtime these issues get, the more ingrained they are in the zeitgeist. If climate change is a mainstream topic that we all agree we should fix, that has a ton of power behind it. And the tone has been shifting in the last few years, so it is working to some extent.

I get the nihilism, I really do, but if we give up it definitely won’t change… at least this way it’s only -unlikely- to change… for now, until it’s likely.

The rich and powerful only have what we allow them. We could collectively, tomorrow, decide that their money is no good anymore. We won’t, but we could. We, the masses, have the power to effect change. We just need to stop thinking it’s futile.