link to original reddit post by /u/mrpenguin_86
Did anyone ever participate in student government in K-12 or college? I never understood the appeal. I thought everyone realized that all the important decisions were being made by the people with all the money (aka the school itself) and that any decisions the student government and kids made could be overruled by the monied interests.
Little did I know at the time that this was exactly how actual government works!