Yet they cling to some kind of phone call cargo cult thing where if enough people like them make phone calls - the senators will hear them. It's like "Field of Dreams" I guess.

a fuckload of phone calls and physical mail does make a difference if they start doing the math and get worried about not having votes when they want to get re-elected, it's just really hard to actually get that much political engagement from burgerlanders in a non-election year. it's a little cargo-culty but it's not as feckless as the no kings shit.