• grindemup@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    Why can’t your congress person do anything? Of course they can. If nothing else they wield power through influence, and at present they are not using that power to push back against these actions in any meaningful way. Clearly they are not being pressured enough by their constituents. And yes, you do need specific scheduled actions. Be part of that change and push back against the government who ultimately answers to you, the people.

    edit: like c’mon, the response to your president enacting illegal & fascist orders is not to say “well who is going to do anything?”, it’s to speak out and act up. Are y’all really that defeatist?

    • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
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      2 hours ago

      That’s not what I’m saying at all. I think you’ve lost the context here. Let me summarize the exchange:

      “Who is going to home him accountable when Congress and the courts won’t?”

      “The people should rise up”

      “How?”

      “By using the courts and Congress”

      This is where I’m confused. I’m not saying those aren’t things we should do, but this was explicitly a question about what to do when those methods are failing.