"They sentenced us to 20 years of boredom, trying to change the system from within ....First we take Paris, the we take Berlin". It is hard to change systems from within because to do well enough to progress within you have to fit with the system." People who haven't developed the "right? Mindset don"t get into positions to make meaningful change.

You can get operation changes by agitating from the bottom up but the progress you have made will disappear with a change of management.

Unfortunately I was jaded from banging my head against walls before I had kids. I know I should fight (my social justice radar is pinging) but I just do not have the energy.