More like "if voting worked, they wouldn't spend billions on distractions to keep you from noticing it doesn't."

The endless culture wars, manufactured outrage cycles, and bread-and-circus spectacles aren't random. They're designed to exhaust your political energy on symbolic battles while the real decisions happen in boardrooms and back rooms.

Think about it - when did you last see a ballot measure about ending corporate subsidies or auditing the Federal Reserve? But hey, here's 47 referendums about bathroom signs and flag burning.

The distractions aren't there because voting works too well. They're there because if people had mental bandwidth to see how little voting actually changes, they might start asking uncomfortable questions about the whole setup.