The public have to collectively be brought to the point where there is widespead agreement that the financial, legal, medical, energy, media systems are not working. Only then can you replace them, else they will cling on to the systems that enslave them, and sabotage their emancipators. Precipices may not be fun, but they are necessary.
That is such a hallow and misguided thing to say.
People know shit's broken. They just don't agree on how to fix them, and they don't feel like they can make a difference.
This leads to stalling, and it leads to corrupt politicians who sell out instead of working for their money.