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Originally Posted by Mayo
GOP has such massive control in KY, and it's the Trump wing, to boot. It's so dispiriting. I have friends who know me as "the politics guy," and they're asking what they should call their reps about. I have no clue what to tell them, because all this **** is passing in the general assembly by 2:1 margins.
A casual reading of history both in the US and around the world, really, suggests that sometimes the political system is drastically set against you such that perfunctory machinations won't work. For better or worse America has a highly federalized system such that advice like "call your Congressman over and over!" might be extremely helpful if not imperative in true swing districts or at least with persuadable leadership. But it might be an entirely pointless endeavor in other environments. Like yours, maybe. Context matters.
So I think you have to do like the revolutionaries of old and take up the spirit of early 19th century socialists, or the American colonists' revolt and the nascent beginning of the revolution against Britain in the 1760s, or the Civil Rights Movement in the 1940s and 50s. You need to start building the case with your neighbors first. Convincing the community around you to change their minds and revisit how they engage with politics. Only then later when you have a critical mass of like-minded people can you engage with the system.
That is to say, you may be ahead of yourself and your intuitive sense ("I have no clue what to tell them, all this manifestly terrible stuff is really popular") is probably true.