... but leaning into the idea that committees control everything gives them way too much credit. There's a big difference between individual members having personal preferences and the system being actively "rigged." They operate on rules and spreadsheets, not absolute control.
If committees truly had the power to dictate outcomes, the establishment would have successfully blocked outsiders like Trump on the right or completely stopped insurgent campaigns on our side in the past.
I understand the cynicism, but at some point, we have to look at the actual math. No backroom committee can force millions of individual voters to pull a specific lever in the voting booth. In the end, the ultimate power still rests entirely with the voters who show up. If a grassroots candidate has the numbers, the committee simply can't stop them.
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