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We don't have the power to do any of that. It's the billionaires in the driver's seat at the federal level.
The only power you and I have is local now. That's it.
Like yesterday, when I read about 40,000,000 being kicked off SNAP. I sent some money to one of my local food banks. That's the extent of my power, and yours. JB Pritzker will maintain that power structure and make it worse. There's nothing we can do to change that.
You don't have the power to do that. Congress does.
You have the power and responsibility to campaign for (if you choose) and vote in your best interest (the very least you should do) for a candidate that doesn't support over throwing democracy. That goes for every election from the local level to the president.
From there you have the power and responsibility to pay attention to what those people do, and maintain pressure on every elected official to do what's right for the people over profit because that's literally their only job. When they don't do their job, you should call them out and tell others about it. You have the power to fight disinformation, spread information and ideas, and refuse to shut the fuck up about things that are important to you.