• Frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 days ago

    That’s a very narrow way of looking at democracy. Voting is only one thing you can do to affect change. It’s arguably not even the best way.

    Since Trump took office, members of Congress have been talking about getting death threats if they don’t do everything Trump says. This has had a real effect on what Congress has done in response. To a certain extent, members of Congress always get death threats, but the amplitude seems much, much higher than it has ever been. This has had a real effect on what they’ve done against Trump–both GOP and Dems alike.

    If MAGA stops their support, then that goes away, and it will have direct impacts.