I just want to clarify how the Populist Plank and Rebelion Pac will force change using leverage and consequences?? Is the Populist Plank supposed to intimidate politicians into enacting these things? Or threaten their job security if they don’t? I feel like we would need millions of signatures for that to work and show stats on where the signers are from. Otherwise, I don’t see a direct link to change. Additionally, how are we incentivizing and uplifting candidates in the Rebelion Pac? Our incentives need to be good enough to where candidates are scared to stray from our ideology and lose their given privileges.
Is this stuff happening? What’s the strategy?
I’m getting a bit exhausted with built up ambition and not rendering results. Like, if I was already a politician, I could solve problems so quickly. That’s just my personality.
Feeling frustrated 
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Appreciate you naming this, @lisafrankie143—because these questions cut to the core.
The Populist Plank is a tool for drawing clear lines: if elected officials refuse to support basic, broadly popular policies, we expose that and organize around it. It’s not about theatrics—it’s about consequences.
Rebellion PAC is the enforcement mechanism. Candidates who align get access to real resources: funding, media, volunteers. Those who don’t—don’t. The goal is to make that loss matter.
You’re right that volume and geographic data are key. That’s not fully built yet, but it’s part of the plan. What we’re trying to do isn’t just make noise—it’s to shift incentives. And that means showing politicians that public support can’t be taken for granted anymore.
Frustration is warranted. But pressure only works if it’s sustained, organized, and measurable. That’s the work. And you just named what’s at stake.
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