I have been wanting someone to intercede on my behalf for my whole life. Against those who I knew weren't treating me right. I couldn't stand up for myself, I realized after years of trying and failing to make a difference in my situation. The power must lie outside of myself, I concluded. And I set about trying to find the one who would protect me. One situation after another came and went, and still no savior. Like a greased pig, the idea kept eluding the grasp of logic as it transitioned from person to person as they morphed from protector to jerk. "Someone protect me from my erstwhile protector!" I wailed as I set about finding another one.

OK.
I get it.
No one is going to intercede. No one is going to make anyone see things the way I do. There is no outside force. There is only me.
To keep speaking up and see what happens. And if nothing changes...