"Call your senator" has always been the cringiest shit. Like unless its a fring topic where its something they probably don't know or care enough about, its literally never gonna change their mind.
"Call your senator" has always been the cringiest shit. Like unless its a fring topic where its something they probably don't know or care enough about, its literally never gonna change their mind.
They do use it as a barometer for public mood - obviously it's some intern just taking a quick note but if they receive a shitload of calls about something it can shift their position, within reason. You won't get fascists to seize the means of production, obviously.
Yeah like that time everyone sent a billion letters about net neutrality and they just dumpstered them lol.
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At best it just encourages them to ask for another corporate donation before signing it.
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Yeah, phone zaps work to get them to acknowledge an issue and sometimes make a press release that can be used to galvanize protests. Sometimes you can actually convince a secretary and have them try to exert some pressure from inside.
It's not a solution, but it's a tactic that can occasionally produce useful outcomes.