Then donate millions in campaign contributions to ensure they actually care at all what you think!

vegetablepotpie 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Coordinated opposition campaigns against misinformed and dangerous legislation has been effective in stopping bad laws [1]. After a website blackout, including a Wikipedia shutdown, lawmakers in Washington decided not to proceed with the Stop Online Privacy Act in 2012.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act

	▲	none2585 31 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		From your linked Wikipedia articles many corporations including Google were part of that opposite campaign. Exactly the type of people donating untold millions to our legislatures. Had nothing to do with any kind of grassroots pressure.

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noosphr 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Money is a poor substitute for people who care.

The only people who think otherwise are terminally online losers who have never organized anything larger than a birthday party.

	▲	none2585 30 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Maybe in your country but not in the hellhole that is the US.
	▲	verisimi an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Are you talking from experience? What legislation have you organised?

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rsoto2 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Espiallat ($9.5 million) vs Darializa (350k)

Money matters but a popular movement is more powerful still in some places look up DSA

	▲	none2585 29 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Unfortunately "some places" does not include the US federal government.