They run this country. They always have, and always will because they keep it just bad enough that the rest of us tire and give up, give in, and stop being Good. 10% of the population that is determined to be counter-productive will prevent any organization but authoritarian terror.
That's not the 10% I am talking about. The 10% in power you reference is actually maintaining a pretty good thing on a global comparison, although we've declined significantly in terms of taking care of the working and middle class in the last 20 years. But there is a peaceful path for improving upon it. Like AOC, the people that need it fixed can even join it. IMO if we had as many people seek to be an AOC as have given up hope, we would have a much better thing in a short amount of time. The 10% I am referencing is any faction that isn't aligned with the new order after we've pulled the old one apart. It's even easier to join, and the only thing that will prevent a constant churn of a new destructive 10% will be authoritarian terror.