Vacuum
"Laws have been hurriedly passed without prior consultation with the representatives who have had to "sell" these laws to the people. Tax innovations have been made and discarded with complete disregard for the disrupting effect on the public. In the main, Parliamentary sittings are regarded as a pleasant formality which afford members an opportunity to be heard and quoted, but which have absolutely no effect on the course of the Government. The sittings are a concession to a superfluous democratic practice. Off and on, this strength is used to change the constitution. The manner, the frequency, and the trivial reasons for altering the constitution have reduced this supreme law of the nation to a useless scrap of paper."
I won't say who the quote above belongs to. Suffice it to state that I think it's an excellent example of why I believe it's impossible to change the system from inside it, especially once you get to the top. The system is known for eating souls up, and spitting them out before dinner. Let me make use of what little idealism I have before I 'grow up', become jaded and sell my soul for that promotion, please.
Yes, I am also (sometimes) a sucker for conspiracy theories.
Two down, two to go. Someone remind me why this is so important again?
nads went at 20:02