[Consort]

No single party can change what is happening. Only both parties working together can have an impact and, at present, the Democrats are happy with the status quo.

[Black Agnes]

And so, apparently are the pubbies. They're not even putting up a fight. Pubbies that do speak up are soundly thrashed by the pubbie leadership. The dims tolerate and even stand behind their eccentrics, the pubbies flail and burn theirs.