People write stuff like this and get all pissy when I say yes, and that we have been doing this work for a long time.

Then get all righteous and start talking about democracy and then no-true-scotsman all the actual things folks do to curtail the actions of the state.

It's wild, but the flip side is that since I am on that side of things I have a much better picture of what it might actually be possible when folks understand that the ethical choices aren't available via a ballot line.

I wish I believed voting worked even a little.

A lot of folks might take that sentiment to believe that since the only 'real and adult' politics comes about from voting we simply abstain out of apathy. For me, the sentiment is a lot closer to "I wish I thought I could just vote instead of all the other weird political things that I end up doing".