Since voting is that power we say we have in the US. Does the public get to vote on this? If not...

> Voting, we might even say, is the next to last refuge of the politically impotent. The last refuge is, of course, giving your opinion to a pollster - Neil Postman

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sheept 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

The US is a representative democracy, not a direct democracy. You don't get to vote on specific federal policies, you vote on the people who vote for those policies.

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replooda 4 days ago | parent [-]

Mark Zuckerberg and such?

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Avicebron 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

Yes, it's called voting with your wallet. They are better at it that you or I presumably.

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Forbo 4 days ago | parent [-]

Voting with your wallet doesn't exist. Try to boycott Amazon by blocking the AWS IP ranges and see how unusable the internet becomes for everyday tasks. Corporations continue to push the personal responsibility narrative so they can externalize costs of unethical business practices.

	▲	MiiMe19 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		how are you making them lose money by blocking their ip ranges? Your are pretty much giving them money because now they dont need to pay for bandwidth.

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NewJazz 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Dollars speak louder than ballots.

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verdverm 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

We can also engage in direct action the other 364.9 days of the year. Call/email your representatives, go to a town hall, call the leaders of both parties of both senate and house, go to a march or protest. There are other ways we can be heard, be substantive and thoughtful, they tally and track messages which are not hyperbole or copy-paste. If you can make it personal, even better. It only needs to be a few sentences.

https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials

	▲	iamnothere 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		Don’t forget civil disobedience, should the bill come to pass.

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Ifkaluva 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

We can also call representatives and give our opinions to them