[WJW]

Do you think this is some revolutionary insight you've stumbled upon? Most people already know this, and yet the system is still the way it is.

[martin-t]

A lot of people don't care.

A lot of people who care are unable to do anything about it because representative democracy is too indirect.

And yes, I think a lot of people don't fundamentally understand this, otherwise things like co-ops would be more common.