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> The illusion of impact by writing to your congressman is really just that, a proverbial carrot in front of the donkey of democracy.

This is the hopelessness I'm talking about in the GP. It was edgy and clever to despair, but it's really for losers. Let's get serious; people are dying, democracy is dying; our predecessors managed to achieve great things and there's no excuse for us to sit on the sidelines and whine.

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The question is what do we do about it? It sounds like you’re suggesting we can vote our issues away, but the voting and primary system is also corrupt.

The only way forward is to leverage our economic power (by forming unions or organizing a general strike). That’s the leverage we have against power, but ultimately a lot of what that looks like is lying down and doing nothing.

I don't disagree with your fundamental message, but as a non-American watching from the sidelines, what are you doing in a practical sense, other than whining on an internet forum?

I am certainly not whining! :)

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