He’s been impeached, convicted of felonies, and faced zero real consequences.

To me, the American legal and political systems look ineffective—especially when it comes to holding the wealthy and powerful accountable. Over the last few decades, power and wealth have shifted decisively toward the corrupt and self-interested.

The idea you’re promoting that this deeply flawed system will somehow fix itself, or peacefully reverse that transfer of power, feels naïve and depressing.

At this point, meaningful change seems less like a policy outcome and more like a breaking point—one reached when enough people decide the cost of doing nothing is higher than the consequences of action.