It's so nakedly transparent. I honestly hope all politicians are this bad at hiding their naked lust for power. At least that way you know you can't believe anything they say. No false hopes.
Most of them aren't fine with the status quo, but they're too poor and distracted to really do anything. We're really good at the whole bread and circus thing.
The ones with money and means are too busy making more money than they ever have in their entire lives to care.
I bet there's a middleman providing ads and recruitment applications, skimming off the top.