Because Congress and the President clearly care about how many upvotes some cause gets on Hacker News.... seriously voting something up on Hacker News isn't adv

Because Congress and the President clearly care about how many upvotes some cause gets on Hacker News.... seriously voting something up on Hacker News isn't advocacy at all and I can guarantee that everyone on Hacker News is pretty much 400% more educated on this issue than the general public. If your passionate about something and you feel it needs to change write your congressman a hand written letter. Go visit their local office. Remind them your the person who decides if their unemployed during the next election. If your passionate enough that you need to upvote everything on a subject then spend 10-15 minutes a day and write a handwritten letter to one of your elected officials. Thats more likely to make a difference than upvoting on hacker news.