> I've never seen actual grassroots activism accomplish much, if anything.

> it's that professional ... class that really shapes the government's policy, because they are the ones that show up to do that work every day.

Yup.

"Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabric of society as a whole." – Thomas Sowell