Interest groups
America is filled with interest groups. They tend to rise and fall with popular trends. While some interest groups do manage to stabilize their position in society, many of these groups have been critiqued for aggrandizing the political power of elitists rather than helping the cause they were created to promote.
This critique frequently causes members to break off from the larger organizations to form their own, smaller groups.
This phenomenon is why there are so many organizations representing people on issues like gun rights, privacy rights, minority rights, and much more.
For this discussion, you are to argue whether interest groups can serve the common good despite their tendency to become powerful political machines.
Use some concrete examples of actual groups to support your points.
