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[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 35 points 5 months ago (4 children)

The correct response is to become so angry you grab your representative by the collar and yell in their face until your vocal chords snap and bleed.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 34 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Mine supports all of this, refuses to meet with constituents, and would have me put up on terrorism charges.

Oh, and he’s definitely getting reelected.

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 31 points 5 months ago

I remember going to a town hall with my many time incumbent and saying "I dislike this bill, it's bad for your constituents, here's why, what are you going to do about it". He gave a nothing corpo-political speak answer back at me. He didn't care one bit. He did the town hall because he had to, it's his job. Reelected by a landslide and btw he voted for the thing I was against.

[–] CompostMaterial@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Or, you know, we could just bring back guillotines. Those worked pretty well.

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Did they? There's been five "revolutions" since then, and their government is still falling apart. At best it moved the autocracy from one plutocrat to another.

[–] Lumisal@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They work for awhile.

But you have to keep pruning the garden until you find a better solution.

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Do they work, though? Sure, you don't have a target for anger and hatred for a little while. But if that's your entire focus for motivation, it's just going to fester and rot until another target comes into view. Be it someone deserving or not.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Sadly, I'm represented by a Democrat, so kinda muddling through half-supporting the lighter end of fascism is - I am told - the best they can do. Any effort to lean on the Democrat to move leftward is greeted by local Biden-tier liberals screaming that I'm a Secret Russian Trump Supporter trying to lose the seat in the next election.