As if the poor couldn’t vote to change things if they wanted to.
It's extremely hard to democratically enact change even in countries with multiple political parties and proportional representation. The US doesn't even have that, it's an illusion of choice with 2 parties who are equally corrupt.
The real problem is that people simply don’t care. People are much more willing to go to the polls over their right to own guns than issues like this.
https://www.patriotsoftware.com/blog/payroll/does-your-state...