If you met my children, you would have no doubts. Hahahaha.
And if they are in the majority ... which they're not, they could change policy.
People are brighter than we give them credit for. We take away power because of a desire to retain power, and fear.
The big one is fear.
But nobody will choose destruction like politicians would. Every vote you make, affects you personally when you have skin in the game.
Politicians are voting with your son's life, not theirs.