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From my other comment:
Our political system is set up to discourage political engagement. Organizing takes time, money, community, and civic-mindedness, and our society is set up to sap all of those away from the average person. You're basically just blaming the people who are overcoming those barriers, to organize and be politically-engaged, for the fact it's impossible for them to singlehandledly overcome the political apathy that the system is built to propagate.
That will never happen, because as I said, our political system does not want that to happen, and works to make sure it doesn't. So what you're really saying is, "don't ever push for change within the party itself, just toe the party line".
No thanks.
You have no clue whether someone online who is complaining is in fact only engaging in politics "one year out of every four", so this is just showcasing your own assumptions.