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Hmm...
I/WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO FIGURE IT OUT. We elect the best and brightest among us and, together, THEY are the ones who should be figuring this shit out. It's not on us to come up with a gameplan for them and we have every right to express frustration, regardless of the obstacles they face. Let them speak out loudly about that too, and why they're having to take a different approach.
Actually, I think it IS on us to work with them in finding solutions. Sure, they need to work on it more closely but they REPRESENT us which means we need to supply input for them to work with, it isn't entirely on them to figure this shit out. We're supposed to work together with our representatives which also requires the electorate to be educated in their responsibilities in this democracy thing. Elections are only a part of the whole thing.
It's a participatory government, you can't put this entirely on them, we have to provide them with info and support too.
IMHO.