And of course I realize (like n00b points out) it could be that it is a lost cause, either broken by design or that the bad guys have already given it a spin that favors them.
Ozzies can fix this but they face a huge problem with ~30% of the population who are "true believers" in government. They have no way of comprehending the enormity of it all.
I really don't know what to believe about this. True people's uprising against obvious tyranny, does it still work? In all types of terrain? Even when the bad guys have a lot at stake?
It does still work, but requires nerves of steel. PRC was once the only state aiming nukes at its own people [HK/TW] When Texans have had enough of D.C. that may change.