This presumes that a vote has an impact.
In the US, right now, who holds power is still decided by who gets the most votes in elections. Even non-swing-states have congressional races, races for state legislature, and elections for local government.
If you’re in a spot where you think your local vote won’t be close, you can volunteer to turn others out to vote
In the US, right now, who holds power is still decided by who gets the most votes in elections.
But a vote doesn’t have an impact.
It can certainly happen when things are close, as they are now. Even if all you do is change it from “close” to “not close” the impact is to keep it out of the courts.
It can certainly happen
What can?
That l’s just because no one did a paper on molotov cocktails thrown at oil barons and politicians and their impact on climate
You’re seriously underestimating the kinds of things that academia generates
Edit: and yes, the whole thing is meant as a joke. If you’re actually using sabotage to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, turning around and selling social permission to pollute is just plain silly.