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Why is citizen political action in the US so tied to people calling congress members' offices? Seems like an artifact of an odd influence protocol
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i wondered about this too; mused it had something to do with causing direct physical suffering on the part of the staff which bubbled up to the rep
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right and there's actually quite an ornate protocol to it: you can only call your own rep; you have to give your name and address (or at least zip code?) and tell them specifically that you support or oppose whatever initiative, and if you don't do that they won't count you
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