Spyke
lemmy.world

One $5 donation buys you a decade of nagging donation emails and a bunch of capitulating spineless politicians.

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My inbox is already full of nagging emails about donations since donating to wikipedia. Don't need a second firehose.

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crusa187reply
lemmy.ml

I agree that the incessant fundraising texts are annoying, but you should consider learning more about Ro Khanna. He’s the leader of the progressive caucus in the house, and often the only one in committee to vote against things like increasing defense spending, etc.

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4amreply

How utterly performative of him. Brave brave Ro Khanna, the leader who can garner no real support! Woe is Ro! Please send $85 now to help FIGHT the injustice of Donald Trump

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I know it’s most likely going into a void, but I’ve also worked in a call center that sent out automated texts. I wouldn’t bet on someone seeing the response, but I know it’s possible.

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But if you DONT Donate HOW can our Representatives do LITERALLY ANYTHING to Fight Back Against TRUMP? WITHOUT any Donations they'll have NO CHOICE but to do LITERALLY EVERYTHING TRUMP WANTS!

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lemmy.world

One of the biggest red flags that you might be getting conned is when they try to rush your decision. “It’s an emergency, your grandson is in jail and needs $500 to get bailed out, no you can’t hang up to call him, we need it now or he gets put in a cell with Rapist Bob.”

Not saying this is a scam, just saying the tactic feels predatory. Do better, dems.

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njordomirreply
lemmy.world

I hate how everyone follows the social marketing playbook now. There's so little community building and genuine connection with constituents. Everything is optimized by some social media marketing guru types with a masters degree in being an asshole.

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lemmy.world

Yeah, please just talk to me like a person instead of advertising at me. Manipulation may work, but it’s not the kind of interaction I want to have with my representatives.

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I donate quite a bit and I've only found AOC and Bernie (big surprise) to be ones that are looking for something other than "send me another check" as a follow-up to your donation.

AOC and Bernie send updates and shit telling you what they're doing for their constituents, how you can get more involved, etc.

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It pisses me off when they run some "get a free x" with donation that they alert me about just after i already donated for fucking bubkiss.

They do it very often too.

I can't donate to them anymore after 2024. Like they had a billion dollars in donor money and they lost badly. I don't even know WTF they used the money for.

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Just one more donation bro. Just one more and we'll fix democracy, I promise bro, just one more.

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Last one I got was from Trump's campaign bullshit last year. Haven't gotten any sense from either party

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You reached the end