"We probably all ought to pressure people in power to do more to address the issue."
This strategy is exactly the opposite of helping. What should really happen is people who are incensed about a particular problem should work to organize action rather than rely upon a surrogate agency of action to fix things. What governments eventually do is a pittance compared to the time, effort, and money put into lobbying action in the first place -- with no guaranteed results, at that. At least if someone puts their blood, sweat, and tears into working directly there is a far better chance of long-term, residual, tangible success.
People and government change the world: one for the better and one for the worse.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
