The squeaky wheel and all that. Most people fall in the middle and are more focused on being successful and getting ahead. The truth is the person in office, or congress, or the senate means almost nothing to the success of an ambitious person. Learn the rules of the game (what ever society you're born into) and play by them to win. The rules are not the same as the laws (as we've seen with the rich and powerful breaking them).

All the screaming from the fringes is designed to keep people distracted. Distracted people lose the game. You can't have people who win if no one loses.