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βI wish it need not have happened in my time,β said Frodo. βSo do I,β said Gandalf, βand so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.β
Worry without action is of no tangible use. If you just worry, ACT!
Ah yes, me, the demigod who can act up on all my worries. Tell me again my plan to get trump to fuck off the 2024 election?
Not to be too sarcastic at you, it's a good sentiment that I do sort of agree with, but it places too much "you can do anything" blame on the observer who literally is already worried. Aka, this runs a major risk of demotivating people straight into doomerism when they're faced with worries there's really nothing that they individually can do about.
Unless I'm wrong and there is some legitimate answer to that sarcastic opening question that I, individually, can do about it, in which case, I'm all ears lol
Did you call your congress critters yet
Ah right, scream into the void and get ignored because I'm not a multimillion dollar donor. Forgot to waste my time, no I have not.
Do you have any more useful suggestions or is void talking all im allowed to do now or get shouted down with "you haven't done enough" bullshit?
I guess perhaps I'm just disenfranchised in which case, nothing systematic is gonna help.
Guess I'm the doomer after all.
Congresspeople have people where it's their job to keep a count of incoming contacts to gauge the opinion of their constituents. Where wealthy donors have undue influence is when Congresspeople directly contact them to ask for campaign donations. There's a limit of a few thousand dollars, but part of that is that Congresspeople just tend to hear a lot about rich people problems. It's not that they only care about wealthy people, it's that they're hearing from them more. You contacting them helps counterbalancing that undue influence.
It's not a void, it's a telephone, get a hold of a fucking staffer and make it their problem. You're lazy and unhinged about it. Read what you said back to yourself.
Nearly every piece of legislature is tailored to the desires of the wealthy. Politicians ignore the cries of the public in favor of donors. If you want change, set things on fire. Preferably their and their donors houses.
All I'm saying is try before you get yourself killed committing what will go down as a terrorist attack
What have you tried so far? You could:
Call your congressperson
Email them
Heckle them in public
Print and hang posters in public
Volunteer for a candidate you want to support
Run for office
Donate to a charitable organization that does good work
Volunteer for a worthy cause
Organize a bunch of like-minded individuals to do any of the above to magnify the impact
Doing something, anything to make even a small positive impact will help with doomerism.