One of the most predictable things in life is there will be change. You are better off if you can have a say in the change. But you are ignorant or naive if you don't think there will be change, whether you want it to or not.
I began playing in the senior circuit when I was 15 and won the world senior amateur title the same year.
You need to remind people that you vote, you matter, and that they can't succeed without your help.