Hell, my generation brought about change. We helped end a war and oust a corrupt President.

Then time passed and we learned. We learned you can cast a very large rock into the deep water of national government and indeed make a big splash. And that splash can send out lots of ripples that last a good while. But the ripples fade and, in time, the water looks exactly the same as it did before. If you didn't know better, you would think it never happened.