They don’t care about us, wren. It doesn’t matter if we all step up to the plate, advo. They don’t care about the rabble of aviators and alphabet soup organisations who’ve been beating their chests and making submissions and complaining for decades.
They care about themselves. That’s why they care about Dick’s popularity among ordinary voters. Dick has the power to influence sufficient votes to make or break a candidate or party.
That happens to be the most efficient and effective way to achieve change.