it does take time and effort, and, people are doing it. i follow a political historian on IG, amandasmildtakes, who amplifies Dems running for small city/county/state offices nationwide, and apparently there are *hundreds* of new people deciding they've had enough and are running for something, in the wake of the events of the last few months. it's one positive step forward. also broadly, nationwide, dems are sweeping these smaller races. not entirely, but a LOT. so that helps. it roadblocks the feds to the extent that it can. it does things like overturn school book bans. i see both a need for many other actions and larger change, and some real hope in this kind of local change & coalition-building.