Grave mistake in such thinking! And those in power are hoping that such thinking prevails.
Yes, it will have an impact. It takes time and effort to change the direction of a big ship going at speed.
I just checked the stats on
Killing America Slowly Facebook page which I recently started. 85% of people who visit the page, "Like" it. All it takes is to create a critical mass of enough people, and then the process takes on its own. That's' how ideas get implemented. Unfortunately, or fortunately it's not enough to say it to a few people you know.
I personally have no choice, and refuse to live in a country which gradually turns into something I escaped from years ago. It is interesting how ideas are perceived depending on what forum they are expressed. If you heard the same thing on CNN you probably would be more receptive than when reading a post of some guy on a motorcycling forum. Although all argumentation would be the same.