Most people talk about politics as if the core issue is bad character, bad intentions, or bad people. But after years of watching movements rise, fracture, and stall, I’ve come to a different conclusion: Politics isn’t broken because people are evil. It’s broken because we don’t manage change well. In every other sector—business, healthcare, education—we accept that large-scale change requires strategy, sequencing, buy-in, and time. We study resistance. We plan communication.