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Respectfully disagree. I live in a smaller US state and I’ve emailed my representatives and received a personal reply from both of them. One actually engaged an

Respectfully disagree. I live in a smaller US state and I’ve emailed my representatives and received a personal reply from both of them. One actually engaged and we politely discussed a public policy issue back and forth in an email thread. More often than not you can walk right into their office and meet them if you’d like.

kaesar14 5y ago
And did meeting them shift their position on an issue where the opposition is a massively powerful and wealthy industry that spends millions on lobbying efforts?
cde-v 5y ago
I'm sure your nice discussion held as much sway with them as hundreds of thousands of dollars of "donations".
- relax88 5y ago
  Try showing up with 500 people.
  - andai 5y ago
    I hazarded a guess that a bit more than 500 people suffer from diabetes in the US -- more like 34 million. If you could get one in a thousand to agree to take political action, that's 34,000 people.