> But under no circumstances should you try to unilaterally influence
Why do you believe that to be true? I'm asking as an outside observer, I don't live in the US so I have no real interest in all this.
But, since things are interconnected, and a state isn't just some lonely abstract entity, isn't in your interest to try push for things that are good overall?
Why shouldn't I try to convince people that a certain change is a good thing, even if that change doesn't influence me directly?
>But, since things are interconnected, and a state isn't just some lonely abstract entity, isn't in your interest to try push for things that are good overall?
States are separate for a reason, the people of each state want to do things their own way. For the things we can all agree nationally there is the federal government, but for everything else it's separated at the state level so we step on as few toes as possible.
Spamming a New Hampshire state representative when you aren't in New Hampshire, let alone not in the US, subverts democracy by violating state and possibly country lines.
But, since things are interconnected, and a state isn't just some lonely abstract entity, isn't in your interest to try push for things that are good overall?
Why shouldn't I try to convince people that a certain change is a good thing, even if that change doesn't influence me directly?