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Originally Posted by Rasta_Man  No need; power of the people.
I mean all you Americans scoff and display your sickness, but I never see anything done about it.
Apathy is a democratic action. |
What you have to understand is our government is not a true democracy, but rather democracy through representation. Unfortunately, the way our congress works - congressmen / women can vote any way they please regardless of the choices the citizens they represent would like to be made.
Everyone in every district could write hundreds of letters to his / her congressmen, have protests, and show an overwhelming amount of support for any measure, however there is no actual way to force representatives to act a certain way.